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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

FEDERICO HERNANDEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. HERNANDEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:13-cv-01625-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION

(ECF No. 120)

AUGUST 3, 2015 DEADLINE

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds against Defendants 

Hernandez, Zambrano, Clark, Rodriguez, and Martin on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment 

excessive force claim. Trial is set for August 11, 2015. (ECF No. 86.)

On July 21, 2015, Defendants filed a request for clarification of the pretrial order. 

(ECF No. 120.) Specifically, Defendants state that they wish to use as demonstrative 

evidence photographs of the dining hall where the incident at issue occurred. The 

photographs Defendants wish to utilize were disclosed to Plaintiff’s counsel 

simultaneously with Defendants’ request to the Court. The use of such visual aids was 

not addressed in the Court’s pretrial order.

On July 22, 2015, the Court ordered Plaintiff to respond to the request. (ECF 

No. 129.) Plaintiff responded on July 23, 2015, stating that he has no objections to the 

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use of the photographs as demonstrative evidence, provided that he also is permitted 

to use the photographs for the same purpose.

In light of the foregoing, Defendants’ request for clarification is HEREBY 

GRANTED. The parties may use the photographs as demonstrative aids during trial. 

Defendants shall lodge an original and five (5) copies of the photographs, marked for 

identification purposes, with the Court by August 3, 2015. Defendants also shall 

provide marked copies of the photographs to Plaintiff’s counsel by the same date.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 24, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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