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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 a Findings and Recommendations issued concurrently with this order, the court recommended that 1

plaintiff’s equal protection claim be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSE PEREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEANNE WOODFORD, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:06-cv-00610-AWI-SMS PC

ORDER FINDING SERVICE OF AMENDED

COMPLAINT APPROPRIATE AND

FORWARDING SERVICE DOCUMENTS TO

PLAINTIFF FOR COMPLETION AND

RETURN WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

(Doc. 18)

Plaintiff Jesse Perez (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on April 4, 2006.

The court screened plaintiff’s amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and found that it

states cognizable claims for relief under section 1983 against defendants Winett, Witcher, Meadors,

McLaughlin, Parry, De La Torre, Moreno, Fortson, Parrilla, and Donnolly for denial of due process

and retaliation. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a); Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A., 534 U.S. 506, 512-15 (2002); 1

Austin v. Terhune, 367 F.3d 1167, 1171 (9th Cir. 2004); Jackson v. Carey, 353 F.3d 750, 754 (9th

Cir. 2003); Galbraith v. County of Santa Clara, 307 F.3d 1119, 1125-26 (9th Cir. 2002).

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Service is appropriate for the following defendants:

CHIEF DEPUTY WARDEN D. L. WINETT

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ASSOCIATE WARDEN M. K. WITCHER 

CAPTAIN T. MEADORS 

V. MCLAUGHLIN 

BRIAN PARRY 

JIMI DE LA TORRE

JAMES MORENO 

C. FORTSON 

R. PARRILLA 

E. DONNOLLY

2. The Clerk of the Court shall send plaintiff ten (10) USM-285 forms, ten (10)

summonses, a Notice of Submission of Documents form, an instruction sheet and a

copy of the amended complaint filed February 2, 2007.

3. Within thirty (30) days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall complete the

attached Notice of Submission of Documents and submit the completed Notice to the

court with the following documents:

a. Completed summons;

b. One completed USM-285 form for each defendant listed above; and 

c. Eleven (11) copies of the endorsed amended complaint filed February 2,

2007. 

4. Plaintiff need not attempt service on defendants and need not request waiver of

service. Upon receipt of the above-described documents, the court will direct the

United States Marshal to serve the above-named defendants pursuant to Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure 4 without payment of costs. 

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5. The failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action

be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 24, 2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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