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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM D. FARLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

T. VIRGA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2: 13-cv-1751 WBS KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 3, 2014, plaintiff filed a motion requesting an extension of 

time, access to legal property and the law library, and to be examined by an outside doctor. The 

undersigned addresses these requests herein.

Request for Extension of Time

Plaintiff requests an extension of 180 days to file an opposition to defendants’ motion to 

dismiss filed May 7, 2014. The grounds of the current motion are that plaintiff was recently 

transferred to the California Medical Facility (“CMF”) where he is on suicide watch. Plaintiff 

also alleges that he does not have access to his legal property or the law library.

The undersigned has previously granted plaintiff two sixty day extensions of time to file 

his opposition to defendants’ motion. (See ECF Nos. 53, 69.) Due to the grounds raised in 

support of the pending request, plaintiff is granted an extension of forty-five days to file his 

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opposition. No further extensions of time will be granted. If plaintiff does not file an opposition 

within that time, defendants’ motion will be taken under submission for decision. 

Request for Legal Property and Law Library Access

In the request for legal property, plaintiff alleges that when he was transferred to CMF 

from California State Prison-Corcoran (“Corcoran”), his legal property was left at Corcoran. It is 

the court’s experience that when inmates are transferred to different prisons, there is often a delay 

in their receipt of their legal property. For this reason, plaintiff’s motion for legal property is 

denied without prejudice. If plaintiff has not received his legal property within thirty days, he 

may renew this request.

The grounds of plaintiff’s request for law library access are unclear. It is unclear if 

plaintiff is unable to access the law library because he is on suicide watch or for some other 

reason. For this reason, plaintiff’s request for law library access is denied without prejudice.

Request for Examination

Plaintiff requests that he be examined by an outside doctor. Plaintiff previously filed two 

motions to be examined by an outside doctor which the court denied. (ECF Nos. 59, 69.) For the 

reasons stated in these orders, plaintiff’s pending motion to be examined by an outside doctor is 

denied.

Suicide Allegations

Finally, the undersigned observes that in the pending motion, plaintiff alleges that he has 

plans to kill himself. Plaintiff has made this claim in other pleadings. No defendants are located 

at CMF. 

The undersigned is concerned by plaintiff’s claim that he intends to kill himself. 

Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of plaintiff’s motion for extension 

of time, et al., containing these allegations, on the Warden of CMF. Neither defendants nor the 

Warden of CMF are required to respond to these allegations. Acknowledging plaintiff’s claim

that he is on suicide watch, the undersigned anticipates that defendants and/or the Warden of 

CMF will respond appropriately to these allegations.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and plaintiff’s motion 

for extension of time (ECF No. 73) on the Warden of the California Medical Facility, 

California Medical Facility, P.O. Box 2000, Vacaville, CA, 95696-2000;

2. Plaintiff’s motions for legal property, access to the law library and to be examined by 

an outside doctor (ECF No. 73) are denied; and 

3. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time (ECF No. 73) is granted; plaintiff is granted 

forty-five days from the date of this order to file his opposition to defendants’ motion 

to dismiss; if plaintiff does not file an opposition within that time, defendants’ motion 

will be taken under submission for decision; no further requests for extensions of time 

to file an opposition are permitted.

Dated: September 15, 2014

Far1751.eot

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