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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

JESSIE L. SERRANO,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

SERGEANT JEFFERY L. LUCAS,

 Defendant.

1:11-cv-00399-EPG-PC

ORDER ADDRESSING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST FOR A LONG-SLEEVED 

SHIRT TO WEAR AT TRIAL

(ECF No. 97.)

Jury Trial: March 8, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.

 In Courtroom 10 (EPG)

This case is scheduled for jury trial on March 8, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. at the United States 

Courthouse, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, in Courtroom 10, Sixth Floor, before 

Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean. On February 17, 2016, Plaintiff Jessie L. Serrano 

(“Plaintiff”) filed a request for a Court order requiring Defendant to provide a long-sleeved 

shirt for Plaintiff to wear at trial, to conceal the tattoos on Plaintiff’s arms. (ECF No. 97.)

Defendant shall not be ordered to provide a shirt for Plaintiff. However, Plaintiff is not 

precluded from wearing his own long-sleeved shirt at trial. Moreover, Plaintiff’s family or 

friends shall be permitted to bring clothing for Plaintiff to wear at trial, subject to a search by 

Court Security Officers. Clothing for Plaintiff to wear at trial may be brought by Plaintiff’s 

family or friends to the courthouse on the date of trial, March 8, 2016, no later than 7:30 a.m., 

and relinquished to Court Security Officers with a copy of this order at the front entrance 

inside the courthouse. Court Security Officers shall search the clothing for any contraband and 

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then notify the Chambers of Magistrate Judge Grosjean that clothing for Plaintiff Jessie L. 

Serrano to wear at trial has been received.

This order resolves Plaintiff’s request for a long-sleeved shirt filed on February 17, 

2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 24, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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