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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 

BERNARD L. SMITH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON 

SACRAMENTO, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-0024 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds pro se with an amended complaint asserting claims 

against defendants, who are employees at California State Prison- Sacramento. Plaintiff is now 

incarcerated at R.J. Donovan Prison in San Diego. Plaintiff has filed a motion for ex parte 

communication, requesting a telephonic interview. Plaintiff alleges that he is being retaliated 

against at R.J. Donovan Prison for filing the pending civil action by being denied canteen, 

envelopes, forms, proper shoes, paper and pen. Such allegations are unrelated to the pending civil 

action, and this court does not have jurisdiction over the R.J. Donovan Prison or its employees. 

In addition, neither the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure nor the Local Rules of this district 

provide for a telephonic interview. For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED THAT plaintiff’s 

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motion for ex parte communication (ECF No. 32) is denied. 

DATED: September 6, 2013 

AC:ls//smit0024.tele 

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