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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES HAMPTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. HAYNIE, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-2038 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel with a civil rights action pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 31, 2014, plaintiff filed a document styled, “Motion for Writ 

of Mandate or to Impose Sanctions.” (ECF No. 15.) Plaintiff claimed that the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was depriving him of his property to prevent him 

from proving the instant action. Plaintiff alleged that he was taken from California State Prison, 

Sacramento (“CSP-SAC”), to High Desert State Prison (“HDSP”) “on a medical and return,” 

while keeping his property at CSP-SAC. (ECF No. 15 at 2.) Plaintiff claims that he does not 

belong at HDSP and states that he has been at HDSP for almost a month without seeing his 

property. (ECF No. 15 at 2.)

However, on January 16, 2015, plaintiff filed a notice of change of address, signed 

January 11, 2015, to a prison in Lancaster, California. Plaintiff did not address the status of his 

property in his recent filing.

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Given plaintiff’s change of address, plaintiff’s complaints about his housing at HDSP are 

now moot. Moreover, at the present time, no action on plaintiff’s part is required in this action. 

The U.S. Marshal is executing service of process on defendants. (ECF No. 13.) Once defendants 

have filed an answer, the court will issue a discovery and scheduling order. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion (ECF No. 15) is denied 

without prejudice. 

Dated: February 3, 2015

/hamp2038.den

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