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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THOMAS JOHN HEILMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

C. CHERNISS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:11-cv-0042-JAM-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a motion for an order to prison officials to allow him to 

communicate with his incarcerated witnesses prior to the trial scheduled to begin on March 23, 

2015. ECF No. 144. Plaintiff declares that officials “have failed to process” the requests he has 

submitted to correspond with his witnesses Oliver Overton and Daniel Patillo. Defendants have 

not yet responded to the motion. 

 It is hereby ORDERED that defendants shall coordinate with CDCR counsel and inquire 

as to the status of plaintiff’s requests to correspond with his inmate witnesses prior to trial. 

Defendants shall inform the court by March 10, 2015 of: 

a. the status of plaintiff’s requests for correspondence; and 

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b. if plaintiff’s requests have been denied, the reasons for the denial. 

So ordered. 

DATED: March 5, 2015. 

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