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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KESHAWN HOPKINS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CDCR, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-0896-TLN-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. The United States Marshal has returned process directed to defendant Abraham 

unserved, with a notation indicating that Abraham could not be served based on the information 

provided by plaintiff because Abraham is “no longer employed by CDCR” and there is “no valid 

forwarding information.” ECF No. 37.1

 Therefore, plaintiff must provide new information about 

how to locate this defendant for service of process. Plaintiff must proceed with haste because 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) requires that an action be dismissed as to a defendant not served within 120 

days after filing the complaint unless the time is enlarged based upon a demonstration of good 

cause. If plaintiff’s access to the required information is denied or unreasonably delayed, plaintiff 

may seek judicial intervention. Because Abraham has not been properly served, plaintiff’s 

request for entry of default against him (ECF No. 35), is denied. 

 

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 It appears as though the United States Marshal attempted to serve Abraham at several addresses 

in addition to the one provided by plaintiff, but was unsuccessful. 

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 In addition, the court notes that plaintiff filed a request for production of documents with 

the court. ECF No. 34. Plaintiff is hereby informed that he must serve discovery documents on a 

defendant rather than filing them with the court. Pursuant to this court’s local rules, 

interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admission, and responses thereto “shall not 

be filed with the clerk” unless there is a proceeding that puts the discovery request or response at 

issue. See E.D. Cal. Local Rules 250.2-250.4. Further, when a discovery request or response is at 

issue, only the part of the request or response at issue “shall be filed.” Id. At this time, there is 

no proceeding before the court that requires plaintiff’s request for production for its resolution. 

Plaintiff may serve discovery requests on defendant Nasser in accordance with the court’s 

discovery and scheduling order. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court shall mail plaintiff a form USM-285. 

2. Within 30 days from the date this order is served, plaintiff must submit the attached 

Notice of Submission of Documents with the completed form USM-285 providing new 

instructions for service of process upon defendant Abraham. Failure to comply with this order 

within the time allowed or to show good cause for such failure will result in a recommendation 

that defendant Abraham be dismissed from this action pursuant to Rule 4(m). 

3. Plaintiff’s request for entry of default against defendant Abraham (ECF No. 35), is 

denied. 

4. Plaintiff’s request for production (ECF No. 34) is disregarded and the Clerk of the 

Court shall make a notation on the docket to that effect. 

Dated: August 14, 2013. 

 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KESHAWN HOPKINS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CDCR, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-0896-TLN-EFB P 

NOTICE OF SUBMISSION OF 

DOCUMENTS 

 

Plaintiff hereby submits the following documents in compliance with the court’s order 

filed ________________: 

 

 1 completed USM-285 form 

DATED: 

 ________________________ 

 Plaintiff 

 

 

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