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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 

SHERMAN D. MANNING, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M. BUNNELL, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2: 12-cv-2440 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se on a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. By order filed on August 29, 2014, after reviewing letters from plaintiff that appeared to 

threaten suicide, the court directed Deputy Attorney General Kelli Hammond to immediately take 

any necessary steps to contact prison authorities and staff at California State Prison-Sacramento 

to ascertain plaintiff’s condition. ECF No. 153. Counsel was directed to provide a status report 

within seven (7) days, which she has done. ECF No. 157. DAG Hammond has submitted a 

declaration signed by the Acting Chief of Mental Health at CSP-Sacramento, indicating that 

plaintiff had been “placed in the inpatient crisis unit following discovery of written material in his 

cell speaking about death or dying.” ECF No. 156-1, Declaration of R. Wheeler ¶ 3. Plaintiff 

was evaluated and was “found not to present with suicidal ideation.” Wheeler Dec. ¶ 4. Plaintiff 

disavowed any intent to commit suicide, requested a return to his housing unit and was released to 

his general population housing unit as of September 3, 2014. Id., ¶¶ 4-5. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the response by Deputy Attorney General Kelli 

Hammond on September 5, 2014 has discharged the August 29, 2014 order. 

DATED: September 9, 2014 

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