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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WAYMON MICKIANGELO BERRY, III, 

Plaintiff,

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MICHAEL S. EVANS, Warden,

Defendants. __________________________________ 

 

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No. C 06-3795 MMC (PR) 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTIONS TO SET PRETRIAL

CONFERENCE AND FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

(Docket Nos. 40 & 42)

On June 16, 2006, plaintiff, a California prisoner incarcerated at Salinas Valley State

Prison (“SVSP”) and proceeding pro se, filed the above-titled civil rights action under 42

U.S.C. § 1983, claiming deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs by SVSP prison

officials in 2005. On August 24, 2007, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment;

plaintiff has filed opposition to said motion and defendants have filed a reply. Additionally,

plaintiff has filed a cross-motion for summary judgment, which defendants have opposed. 

On June 19, 2008, plaintiff filed a motion asking the Court to set a pretrial conference

pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff’s motion is hereby

DENIED as premature because the Court has not ruled on the parties’ dispositive motions. 

Said motions, which are now fully briefed and ready for decision, will be addressed by the

Court in a separate order. 

On July 9, 2008, plaintiff filed a motion for a preliminary injunction. In his motion,

plaintiff complains that on May 23, 2008, defendant Evans placed plaintiff in administrative

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segregation at SVSP based on allegations that plaintiff had been involved in a recent melee

with Muslim inmates. (Mot. at 4.) Plaintiff claims the allegations against him are

unsubstantiated and that as a result of his placement in administrative segregation, he is

suffering from the unconstitutional curtailment of his First Amendment rights. (Mot. at 6-7.) 

Plaintiff seeks an order directing defendant Evans to release him from administrative

segregation and return him to his former housing unit. 

Plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction is hereby DENIED. The legality of

plaintiff’s placement in administrative segregation is not at issue in the instant action, and 

the alleged violation of plaintiff’s First Amendment rights has no bearing on plaintiff’s claim

that he was denied adequate medical care by defendants in 2005. Further, plaintiff has not

alleged facts showing that his ability to litigate the instant action has been adversely affected

because of his current placement; rather, as noted, the parties’ dispositive motions in this

matter have been fully briefed and are ready for decision. 

This order terminates Docket Nos. 40 and 42. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 14, 2008 _________________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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