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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AHKEEM WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KIM PEDRIERO, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:12-cv-00606-SKO (PC)

ORDER ADDRESSING LETTER

(Doc. 118)

This case was dismissed, with prejudice, on October 17, 2014, and Plaintiff Akheem 

Williams’ motion for reconsideration was denied, with prejudice, on October 27, 2014. On 

January 26, 2015, the Clerk’s Office received a letter from Plaintiff regarding the status of his 

notice of appeal. The Clerk’s Office was directed to file the letter so that the Court could address 

Plaintiff’s inquiry regarding his appeal.

At no time has the Court received a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals 

for the Ninth Circuit from Plaintiff. 

A letter sent by Plaintiff to a judge in the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of 

California was forwarded to the Fresno Division Clerk’s Office and brought to the Court’s 

attention. In as much as that letter was addressed directly to a Sacramento Division judge and it

requested he review the decisions made in this case, the letter was returned to Plaintiff by the 

Clerk’s Office. To the extent that Plaintiff’s accusation regarding mail tampering, presumably 

directed at Kings County Jail staff, refers to this letter, the letter was an attempt to communicate ex 

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parte with a judge in the Sacramento Division. Ex parte letters to judges are wholly improper, and

such letters are rejected and returned to the litigant. Under no circumstance is any redress 

available to Plaintiff from a judge in the Sacramento Division nor does an improper ex parte letter 

to a judge in Sacramento constitute a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

Accordingly, by this order, Plaintiff’s letter is DEEMED ADDRESSED in its entirety.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 30, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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