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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

BILLY DRIVER, Jr.,

Plaintiff,

v.

KVSP ADA #1824, PANEL(S), et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00146-NONE-BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR PRESS COVERAGE OF COURT 

PROCEEDINGS

(ECF No. 18)

Plaintiff Billy Driver, Jr. (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion, apparently seeking an order to show 

cause why the press should not be allowed (and or) requested to cover court proceedings in the 

current litigation, filed March 12, 2020. (ECF No. 18.)

Plaintiff is informed that nothing in the Court’s rules or any applicable order in the instant 

action prevents the press or media from covering the proceedings in this case. As such, the news 

media, including the specific publications identified in Plaintiff’s motion, are free to cover this 

litigation. To the extent Plaintiff is requesting that the Court issue an order to the press or any 

specific news media organization to cover this case, the Court lacks jurisdiction to issue such an 

order to any individual or organization that is not a party to this action. The Court’s jurisdiction 

is limited to the parties in this action and to the viable legal claims upon which this action is 

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proceeding. Summers v. Earth Island Inst., 555 U.S. 488, 491−93 (2009); Mayfield v. United 

States, 599 F.3d 964, 969 (9th Cir. 2010).

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for press coverage, (ECF No. 18), is HEREBY DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 13, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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