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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRUCE L. FULLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. RIPPETOE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-00304-HSG (PR) 

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO LAW 

LIBRARY

Re: Dkt. No. 63

Plaintiff, a California prisoner currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison, filed this 

pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging conditions of confinement at Pelican 

Bay State Prison, where Plaintiff was previously incarcerated. The Court found that, liberally 

construed, the complaint stated a cognizable excessive force claim and ordered service on five 

defendants. On May 18, 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff’s 

opposition is currently due by June 15, 2015. 

On May 26, 2015, Plaintiff filed a letter with the Court requesting an order directing Kern 

Valley State prison to provide him with access to the prison law library. Plaintiff asserts that he 

has only been permitted a total of 4.5 hours in the law library over the past year. Plaintiff also 

asserts that he has been moved between three different prisons in the last year and that much of his 

legal work product has been destroyed or lost during these moves. In light of these 

representations, the Court agrees it would be appropriate to provide Plaintiff access to the law 

library.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Accordingly, Prison officials at Kern Valley State Prison are hereby REQUESTED to 

provide plaintiff access to the prison law library, to the extent such access is consistent with 

security concerns and other applicable policies and procedures of the facility. The Clerk of the 

Court shall send this Order to the law librarian and litigation coordinator at Kern Valley State 

Prison as well as to Plaintiff.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

6/2/2015

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