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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 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JEBERIAH MOORE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CDCR, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 18-00101 EJD (PR) 

ORDER OF SERVICE ON 

DEFENDANTS CDCR AND SVSP; 

DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO 

FILE DISPOSITIVE MOTION OR 

NOTICE REGARDING SUCH 

MOTION; INSTRUCTIONS TO 

CLERK 

Plaintiff, a California state prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation, Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), and its employees.1

 The Court 

found the complaint, liberally construed, stated a cognizable claim under the ADA, and 

ordered the matter served on individually named Defendants. (Docket No. 9.) Plaintiff 

has filed a notice, stating that named Defendants “CDCR” and “SVSP” were omitted from 

the order and requests that the matter be served on them. (Docket No. 16.) 

Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C.§ 12101 et seq. 

(“ADA”), provides that “no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such 

 

1 This matter was reassigned to this Court on January 18, 2018. (Docket No. 5.) 

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disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, 

programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such 

entity.” 42 U.S.C. § 12132. “Public entity” includes any state or local government or any 

department, agency, special purpose district or other instrumentality of a state or states or 

local government. See 42 U.S.C. § 12131(1)(A) & (B). It includes state correctional 

facilities. See Pa. Dep’t of Corr. v. Yeskey, 524 U.S. 206, 210 (1998); Armstrong v. 

Wilson, 124 F.3d 1019, 1025 (9th Cir. 1997). Accordingly, the CDCR and the SVSP may 

properly be named as Defendants in this ADA action. 

The Clerk of the Court shall mail a Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of 

Service of Summons, two copies of the Waiver of Service of Summons, a copy of the 

complaint, all attachments thereto, a copy of the Order of Service, (Docket No. 9), and a 

copy of this order upon Defendant CDCR at the Office of Legal Affairs (P.O. Box 

942883, Sacramento, CA 94283-0001), and Defendant SVSP through its 

representative, Warden William Muniz, (P.O. Box 1020, Soledad, CA 93960-1020). 

The Clerk shall also mail a copy of this Order to Plaintiff. 

Briefing shall proceed in accordance with the schedule set forth in the court’s Order 

of Service, (Docket No. 9), and all its other provisions shall apply. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _____________________ ________________________ 

EDWARD J. DAVILA 

United States District Judge 

Order of Service on Other Defs. 

PRO-SE\EJD\CR.18\00101Moore_svc2 

6/7/2018

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