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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLARENCE A. GIBSON,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-1547 LKK JFM P

vs.

D.L. RUNNELS, Warden, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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On April 11, 2005, plaintiff filed a document styled “Motion for Judicial

Intervention by Order of the Court 3-23-2005.” That document was not served on defendants. 

Plaintiff is advised that every document submitted to the court for consideration must be served

on defendants. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. Plaintiff is required to serve all documents in this action

conventionally in accordance with the relevant provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. See Local Rule 5-

135(b). Since an attorney has filed a document with the court on behalf of defendants,

documents submitted by plaintiff must be served on that attorney and not on the defendant. Fed.

R. Civ. P. 5(b)(1). Conventional service is usually accomplished by mailing a copy of the

document to the attorney’s address of record. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(B). Plaintiff must

include with every document filed in this action a certificate stating the date an accurate copy of

the document was mailed to defendants’ attorney and the address to which it was mailed. See

Local Rule 5-135(b) and (c).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s April 11, 2005 motion

for judicial intervention is denied without prejudice. Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to properly

serve any documents subsequently filed in this action, and failure to include a proper certificate

of service with such filing, may result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.

DATED: April 22, 2005.

12/kf

gibs1547.35 

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