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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

EVERETT L. McCOY, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-01-1218 DFL GGH P

vs.

CAL TERHUNE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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On April 4, 2004, the court ordered further briefing regarding plaintiff’s March

13, 2006, and March 20, 2006, requests for extensions of time to oppose defendants’ September

7, 2005, summary judgment motion. For the following reasons, the court orders plaintiff’s

opposition due within thirty days of the date of this order. 

On February 13, 2006, plaintiff filed a request for extension of time to file his

opposition to defendants’ summary judgment motion. On February 28, 2006, the court ordered

plaintiff’s opposition due within fourteen days. On March 13, 2006, plaintiff filed one of the

pending requests for extension of time. In this request, plaintiff stated that he could not file his

opposition because his typewriter had been confiscated as well as some of his legal documents. 

On March 22, 2006, defendants filed an opposition to plaintiff’s March 13, 2006, request.

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In the March 20, 2006, request for extension of time, plaintiff stated that his

typewriter had been returned. Plaintiff claimed that on March 10, 2006, he finished his

opposition and gave it to prison officials to be copied. On March 14, 2006, Law Librarian

McDonald returned the opposition to plaintiff, without copies, in a manila envelope that was wet

from the rain. Law Librarian McDonald then told plaintiff that she would try to make the copies

and took plaintiff’s opposition. Plaintiff had not received the opposition back as of March 16,

2006. Plaintiff also stated that prison officials confiscated his typewriter once they realized it had

a memory capacity. Plaintiff stated that his typewriter memory contained his opposition.

On April 4, 2006, the court ordered defendants to inform the court within fifteen

days whether the law librarian returned plaintiff’s opposition to him and whether plaintiff was

granted access to his typewriter in order to print out his opposition.

On April 10, 2006, and April 14, 2006, plaintiff filed further briefing regarding

his requests for extension of time. On April 19, 2006, defendants filed a response to the April 4,

2006, order. It is clear from these documents that in early April 2006 plaintiff was placed in

administrative segregation pending an investigation into a conspiracy to assault staff. At that

time, plaintiff’s property–including his typewriter and legal property–were confiscated. While in

administrative segregation, plaintiff may not have access to his typewriter but he may have

access to his legal property. See Defendants’ April 19, 2006, response, declaration of M.

Navaez, ¶ 5. In addition, the law librarian believes that, at plaintiff’s request, his opposition was

given to another inmate to return to plaintiff. See Id., declaration of B. Morris, ¶ 5.

After reviewing the record, the court finds that plaintiff does not require his

typewriter to prepare his opposition. Because plaintiff may obtain access to his legal property

while in administrative segregation, the court orders his opposition due within thirty days. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s opposition to

defendants’ summary judgment motion is due within thirty days of the date of this order.

DATED: 5/3/06

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

 GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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