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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

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN LEE McCULLOM,

Plaintiff,

v.

SEAN WHENT, et. al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-5718-TEH 

ORDER ON MOTIONS

Dkt Nos. 32, 37, 47, 48, 49, 

50

Plaintiff, a detainee, proceeds with a pro se civil rights

action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant filed a motion for 

summary judgment on August 18, 2016, and the case was reassigned 

to the undersigned on August 26, 2016. Plaintiff has filed 

several motions.

Plaintiff has filed a motion for law library access as 

needed, however, Plaintiff has not indicated if any requests for 

law library access have been denied. The motion is dismissed 

without prejudice. Plaintiff should be allowed access to the law 

library as permitted by the institution. Plaintiff may wish to 

show staff at Napa State Hospital the motion for summary judgment 

or this Order indicating that he must file an opposition to the 

motion for summary judgment.

Plaintiff also requests a subpoena for records concerning 

his criminal case and a competency determination. This civil 

rights case involves confiscation of his mail at Santa Rita 

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County Jail. The records Plaintiff seeks are not relevant to 

this action so the request is denied. Plaintiff should discuss 

the matter with his criminal defense attorney or else he may file 

a separate case.

The Court ordered service on two defendants, Whitaker and 

T.S. Jacobs. Whitaker was served and filed the motion for 

summary judgment. Counsel for Whitaker has filed a letter with 

the Court indicating that T.S. Jacobs does not exist. Plaintiff 

must provide more information regarding this Defendant or else 

the Defendant will be dismissed for failure to serve.

For the foregoing reasons, the Court hereby orders as 

follows:

1. Plaintiff’s motion regarding interference with his mail 

(Docket No. 32) is DENIED because he is now housed at a different 

facility. 

2. Defendant Whittaker’s motion for an extension (Docket 

No. 37) is GRANTED and the motion for summary judgment is deemed 

timely filed.

3. Plaintiff’s motions for law library access (Docket No. 

47) and a subpoena (Docket No. 49) are DENIED.

4. Plaintiff’s motion (Docket No. 48) is DENIED and 

Defendant provided the Rand notice in the motion at page six. 

Furthermore, the Court will provide an additional notice below. 

5. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension (Docket No. 50) is 

GRANTED in part and plaintiff shall file an opposition to the 

motion for summary judgment within sixty (60) days of service of 

this motion. Failure to file an opposition may result in 

dismissal of this action.

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6. The Clerk shall update Plaintiff’s address to: Kevin 

McCullom, Inmate #212769-4, Napa State Hospital, 2100 Napa 

Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA 94558. The Clerk shall send Plaintiff 

copies of the motion for summary judgment (Docket Nos. 38, 39)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 9/20/2016

________________________

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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NOTICE -- WARNING (SUMMARY JUDGMENT)

If defendants move for summary judgment, they are seeking to 

have your case dismissed. A motion for summary judgment under 

Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will, if granted, 

end your case.

Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a 

motion for summary judgment. Generally, summary judgment must be 

granted when there is no genuine issue of material fact--that is, 

if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the 

result of your case, the party who asked for summary judgment is 

entitled to judgment as a matter of law, which will end your 

case. When a party you are suing makes a motion for summary 

judgment that is properly supported by declarations (or other 

sworn testimony), you cannot simply rely on what your complaint 

says. Instead, you must set out specific facts in declarations, 

depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated 

documents, as provided in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts 

shown in the defendant’s declarations and documents and show that 

there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. If you do 

not submit your own evidence in opposition, summary judgment, if 

appropriate, may be entered against you. If summary judgment is 

granted, your case will be dismissed and there will be no trial. 

NOTICE -- WARNING (EXHAUSTION)

If defendants file a motion for summary judgment for failure 

to exhaust, they are seeking to have your case dismissed. If the 

motion is granted it will end your case.

You have the right to present any evidence you may have 

which tends to show that you did exhaust your administrative 

remedies. Such evidence may be in the form of declarations 

(statements signed under penalty of perjury) or authenticated 

documents, that is, documents accompanied by a declaration 

showing where they came from and why they are authentic, or other 

sworn papers, such as answers to interrogatories or depositions. 

If defendants file a motion for summary judgment for failure to 

exhaust and it is granted, your case will be dismissed and there 

will be no trial.

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