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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

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW LANCASTER, JEFFERY MILLS,

DEXTER WILLIAMS, WILLIAM DENNIS,

STEVE LIVADITIS, JIMMY VAN PELT,

H. LEE HEISHMAN III AND JOHNATON

GEORGE,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

JAMES E. TILTON, Acting Secretary,

California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation, and ROBERT L. AYERS, JR.,

Acting Warden, San Quentin State Prison,

Defendants. /

No. C 79-01630 WHA

REQUEST FOR RESPONSE RE

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN

COUNSEL AND PLAINTIFFS

In plaintiffs’ opposition, filed on November 26, 2007, plaintiffs’ counsel states,

“Plaintiffs’ counsel’s office is located in the village of San Quentin, a part of Marin County that

is immediately adjacent to but outside of (not on the grounds of) the prison (which technically is

located in Tamal, California). Plaintiffs’ counsel’s office is located in San Rafael,

approximately one mile from the prison. Contact with the class representatives is possible only

via the U.S. Mail; a scheduled confidential attorney-client visit (which must be scheduled in

advance through San Quentin personnel and which is subject to space availability in the visiting

room); a collect telephone call which must be initiated by a condemned prisoner (who have only

limited access to a phone) and which is not confidential (the calls are recorded by the prison);

and, in an emergency, a telephone call arranged in advance with San Quentin officials in which

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a particular prisoner is permitted to place a collect call to a lawyer” (Doc. 1301 at 2 n.1). 

The Court requests a declaration from defense counsel as to how difficult or easy it is for

plaintiffs’ counsel to arrange interview visits with their clients and for them to learn about any

alleged constitutional violations. Please keep the declaration brief. The declaration is due by

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 5, 2007. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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