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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

MICHAEL NEIL JACOBSEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

OFFICER CURRAN, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE No. 1:16-cv-01050-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR 

COPIES

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR 

COURT ORDER

(ECF No. 8)

CLERK TO SEND PLAINTIFF COPIES OF 

ECF NOS. 1, 6, AND 7

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE TO FILE 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has consented to Magistrate 

Judge jurisdiction. No other parties have appeared in the action.

On September 21, 2016, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint and concluded 

that it stated a cognizable Fourteenth Amendment inadequate medical care claim 

against Defendant Curren and Does 1 through 8, but no other cognizable claims. Plaintiff 

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was ordered to either file an amended complaint curing the noted deficiencies, or to 

notify the Court of his willingness to proceed only on the cognizable claim. (ECF No. 6.) 

On October 18, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time to file an 

amended complaint. (ECF No. 8.) Plaintiff states that, after he received the Court’s 

screening order, he was released from jail and, shortly thereafter, re-arrested. His legal 

paperwork remained in his backpack and was not released to him. He asks the Court to 

provide him with copies of his complaint, the screening order, and his “Motion for 

Addendum.” Alternatively, he asks the Court to order the Fresno Police Department to 

release his backpack to him.

Plaintiff’s request for copies is HEREBY GRANTED. The Clerk’s Office is directed 

to provide Plaintiff with copies of ECF Nos. 1, 6, and 7.

Plaintiff’s request for an order requiring the Police Department to release his 

backpack is HEREBY DENIED. Plaintiff’s case is in the screening stage and no 

Defendants have appeared. The Court does not have authority to order parties not 

before the Court to take action. Zepeda v. United States Immigration & Naturalization 

Servs., 753 F.2d 719, 727 (9th Cir. 1985) (“A federal court may issue an injunction if it 

has personal jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter jurisdiction over the claim; it 

may not attempt to determine the rights of persons not before the court.”).

Finally, Plaintiff has shown good cause for an extension of time and, accordingly, 

his motion for an extension of time is HEREBY GRANTED. Plaintiff is granted thirty days 

from the date of service of this order in which to file an amended complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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