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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUILLERMO CHAVEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-0520 WBS CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and seeking relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 

1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

636(b)(1). 

On April 14, 2016, the court recommended that plaintiff’s complaint be dismissed and this 

case be closed. This recommendation was based in part on the fact that some of the claims 

presented in plaintiff’s complaint were already before the court in 2:11-cv-1015 WBS CKD P. 

That case has now been closed with one claim being dismissed without prejudice: a claim against 

defendant Granadoz for a violation of the Eighth Amendment concerning Granadoz’s use of

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pepper spray against plaintiff. While plaintiff asserts that claim in the complaint filed in this 

action, it appears that claim is now time-barred.1

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The court’s April 14, 2016 findings and recommendations are vacated.

2. Plaintiff must show cause within 21 days why his claim against defendant Granadoz 

arising from his use of pepper spray against plaintiff on February 14, 2010 should not be 

dismissed as time-barred.

3. Plaintiff’s failure to show cause within 21 days will result in a recommendation that the 

claim described above be dismissed as time-barred.

Dated: June 29, 2016

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chav0520.14(a)

 

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 As plaintiff has been previously informed, the limitations period applicable to § 1983 claims is 

two years. Maldonado v. Harris, 370 F.3d 945, 955 (9th Cir. 2004). Further, for prisoners 

incarcerated on a sentence of less than life imprisonment, the limitations period is tolled for two 

years. Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 927-28 (9th Cir. 2004). Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment 

claim against defendant Granadoz arises from events occurring on February 14, 2010. Plaintiff’s 

complaint was received by the court on March 10, 2016.

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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