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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH R. HUSKEY, 

Plaintiff,

v.

LOPEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00138-JLT (PC)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFAULT 

SHOULD NOT BE ENTERED

(Docs. 32, 39)

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff, Kenneth R. Huskey, a state detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on February 2, 2015. This action was 

screened and Plaintiff was allowed to proceed on his Complaint for his claims for relief under 

section 1983 (1) against Defendant Lopez for pushing Plaintiff down a flight of stairs in violation 

of the Fourteenth and Eighth Amendments; and (2) against Defendants King, Walters, and Carter 

for having knowledge of Defendant Lopez's use of excessive force against aging CSH residents 

and failing to discipline/reprimand him so as to correct his behavior in deliberate indifference to 

Plaintiff's safety in violation of the Eighth Amendment upon which Plaintiff agreed to proceed. 

(Docs. 9, 10.)

Service was ordered and, on August 14, 2015, waivers of service were returned executed 

by all four of the Defendants. (Doc. 14.) To date, Defendants have not responded to the Complaint. 

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Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that within fourteen (14) days from the date of 

service of this order, Defendants shall show cause in writing why default should not be entered 

against them, or alternatively, shall file a response to the Complaint in this action. The Clerk's 

Office is ordered to serve a copy of this order on Monica Anderson in the State Attorney General's 

Office. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ____________________ ______________________________________

 Jennifer L. Thurston,

 United States Magistrate Judge

10/22/15

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