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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

ANDREW LANCASTER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

JAMES E. TILTON, Acting Secretary, California

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and

ROBERT L. AYERS, JR., Acting Warden, San Quentin

State Prison,

Defendants. /

No. C 79-01630 WHA

REQUEST FOR

RESPONSE 

Intervener states: “The substance of the existing decree is found in its implementing

procedures, Institutional Procedures No. 608 (IP 608)” (Br. 2). Intervener then implies —

without actually stating — that a violation of IP 608 is a violation of the consent decree. While

the Court is inclined to find that it can enforce the consent decree, neither intervener nor

defendants explain whether or not the Court has jurisdiction to enforce San Quentin’s

implementing procedures, specifically IP 608. Nor does it appear that IP 608 was ever

approved by order of the Court (although IP 215 was approved as an appendix to the fourth

report of the monitor). By NOON on JUNE 19, 2007, plaintiffs, intervener, and defendants

should each file a short statement, not to exceed three pages (double-spaced, 12-point font, no

footnotes), explaining the history of IP 608 in this case and detailing their respective positions

on the issue of the Court’s ability to enforce the existing version of IP 608.

Dated: June 16, 2007. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:79-cv-01630-WHA Document 1138 Filed 06/15/07 Page 1 of 1