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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Horace Bell is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 

1983. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s claims that Defendants Heberling, Scheer, and Nesmith 

violated Plaintiff’s rights under the Eighth Amendment by telling gang members to attack him. (ECF 

No. 42.) On February 9, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion and an amended motion for an emergency 

temporary restraining order prohibiting him from being transferred to High Desert State Prison 

(“HDSP”). (ECF Nos. 62, 63.) From what the Court is able to discern, Plaintiff alleges that he was 

previously attacked while at HDSP. Plaintiff states that “25’er gang members” are uncontrolled on all 

sensitive needs yards and his life will be in imminent danger if he is rehoused at HDSP.

The federal court’s jurisdiction is limited in nature and its power to issue equitable orders may 

not go beyond what is necessary to correct the underlying constitutional violations which form the 

HORACE BELL,

 Plaintiff,

v.

S HEBERLING, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:12-cv-01248-AWI-SAB (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

AN EMERGENCY TEMPORARY RESTRAINING 

ORDER AND DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO 

SERVE A COPY OF THIS ORDER ON 

WARDENS AT KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON 

AND HIGH DESERT STATE PRISON

(ECF Nos. 62, 63)

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actual case or controversy. 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(1)(A); Summers v. Earth Island Institute, 555 U.S. 

488, 493 (2009); Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env’t, 523 U.S. 83, 103-04 (1998); City of Los 

Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 101 (1983); Mayfield v. United States, 599 F.3d 964, 969 (9th Cir. 

2010). Plaintiff’s claim in this action arises from a past incident in which he alleges that the 

defendants told gang members to attack him. The pendency of this action does not confer on the 

Court jurisdiction to issue an order prohibiting the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation from transferring Plaintiff to HDSP because such an order would not remedy the 

underlying legal claim, which involves Defendants’ past conduct. 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(1)(A); 

Summers, 555 U.S. at 495; Steel Co., 523 U.S. at 103-04; Lyons, 461 U.S. at 101; Mayfield, 599 F.3d 

at 969.

However, based on the allegation that Plaintiff’s would be in imminent danger if he were to be 

transferred to HDSP, the Court shall serve a courtesy copy of this order on the wardens of the involved 

institutions. The Court requests the Warden where Plaintiff is currently housed and the Warden of 

HDSP to ensure that appropriate precautions are taken to ensure Plaintiff’s safety.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a courtesy copy of this order on the Wardens 

of Kern Valley State Prison and High Desert State Prison.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 11, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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