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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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 A court may take judicial notice of court records. See MGIC Indem. Co. v. Weisman,

803 F.2d 500, 505 (9th Cir. 1986); United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD FOSTER,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-1113 DFL JFM P

vs.

D.C. RUNNELS, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983. On February 14, 2005, plaintiff filed a motion for protective order in an attempt

to enforce this court’s December 15, 2004 order. Plaintiff contends D. Jackson’s January 13,

2005 response to this court’s December 14, 2004 order is suspect because plaintiff claims Officer

Cole was reprimanded for the instant offense against plaintiff. Plaintiff contends D. Jackson,

litigation coordinator at High Desert State Prison, has a conflict of interest with plaintiff in that

plaintiff has sued D. Jackson in CIV S-03-1193 WBS JFM P.1 In that action, plaintiff contends

Jackson refused to process plaintiff’s appeals in an attempt to prevent plaintiff from addressing

adverse conditions against him. 

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On April 13, 2005, defendants filed a response to plaintiff’s motion for protective

order. Defendants disagreed with plaintiff’s characterization of the facts. However, defendants

accommodated plaintiff’s request and asked the current Litigation Coordinator, Dennis Gunter, to

review prison records and provide the documents required under the December 15, 2004 order. 

Counsel appended a declaration by Mr. Gunter declaring he has reviewed the relevant prison

records and no past written complaints against Officer Cole concerning denial of food as a

disciplinary measure during July and August 2001, October 2002 and January 2003 exist. Mr.

Gunter also reviewed Officer Cole’s personnel file and declared that no written reprimands for

the denial of food to inmates as a disciplinary measure during 2001, 2002 and 2003 exist. 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s February 14, 2005 motion for

protective order is denied as moot.

DATED: July 14, 2005. 

001; fost1113.po

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