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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON DONNELL WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-04-0050 DFL JFM P

vs.

MULE CREEK STATE PRISON,

Facility “C” Administration of 

Department of Corrections, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 1, 2006, plaintiff filed a notice of change of address and

an opposition to defendants’ March 22, 2006 motion for summary judgment . These documents

were not served on defendants. Plaintiff is advised that every document submitted to the court

for consideration must be served on defendants. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. Plaintiff is required to serve

all documents in this action conventionally in accordance with the relevant provisions of Fed. R.

Civ. P. 5. See Local Rule 5-135(b). Since an attorney has filed a document with the court on

behalf of defendants, documents submitted by plaintiff must be served on that attorney and not

on the defendant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(1). Conventional service is usually accomplished by

mailing a copy of the document to the attorney’s address of record. See Fed. R. Civ. P.

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5(b)(2)(B). Plaintiff must include with every document filed in this action a certificate stating

the date an accurate copy of the document was mailed to defendants’ attorney and the address to

which it was mailed. See Local Rule 5-135(b) and (c).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within ten days from the date of

this order plaintiff shall serve a copy of his June 1, 2006 notice of change of address and

opposition to defendants’ March 22, 2006 motion for summary judgment on counsel for

defendants and shall file with the court a certificate attesting to such service. Failure to comply

with this order, or failure to properly serve any documents subsequently filed in this action and 

to include a proper certificate of service with such filing, may result in a recommendation that

this action be dismissed.

DATED: June 15, 2006.

12/mp

will0050.35jfm

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