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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

DALE G. WILLS,

Plaintiff,

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C. TERHUNE, et al.,

Defendants.

 

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1:98-cv-6052 OWW DLB P

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS RE

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

(DOCS. 138, 185)

The Findings and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge are

before the Court concerning Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary

injunction. The Plaintiff timely filed objections on August 12,

2005. The court has conducted a de novo review pursuant to the

provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). The Magistrate Judge has

thoroughly analyzed the factual and legal issues surrounding

Plaintiff’s contentions that the illumination in the security

housing unit cell in which he is housed constitutes cruel and

unusual punishment. 

Plaintiff fails to demonstrate the requisite likelihood of

success on the merits, fails to establish he will suffer

irreparable harm, and fails to demonstrate that no legitimate

penological reasons exist for security lights in the segregated

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housing unit to permit correctional officers to observe the

activities within the cell at a reasonable distance for the

security of the officers and inmates. 

For all these reasons:

1. The Findings and Recommendations of the United States

Magistrate Judge are ADOPTED;

2. Plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction is

DENIED.

DATED: September 30, 2005.

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER

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Oliver W. Wanger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

wills v. terhune order

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