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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

GEORGE REED III,

Plaintiff,

v.

SGT. J. MAYFIELD, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:05-CV-00920-REC-LJO-P

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO

CHANGE PLAINTIFF’S ADDRESS OF

RECORD (Doc. 15)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION AND CONSIDERING

OBJECTION, BUT DECLINING TO SET

ASIDE ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS (Doc. 15)

Plaintiff George Reed III (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 31, 2006, the Magistrate

Judge issued a Findings and Recommendations recommending dismissal of this action, with

prejudice, for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. (Doc. 12.) Any objection

to the Findings and Recommendations was due within thirty days. (Id.) On May 11, 2006, the

undersigned adopted the Findings and Recommendations in full and dismissed this action. (Doc.

13.) On May 10, 2006, the Court received and filed plaintiff’s objection, but the objection was not

made part of the Court’s record until May 11, 2006. 

Plaintiff’s objection was not timely. However, plaintiff contends that he sent the Court a

change of address which was not effected, and he did not receive the Findings and Recommendations

until May 3, 2006, when it was forwarded to him by the prison in which he was previously housed.

There is no record the Court received a notice of change of address from plaintiff. In the interest of

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justice, the Court will direct the Clerk’s Office to change plaintiff’s address of record and will

construe the late objection as a motion for reconsideration pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 60(b), which provides for relief from judgment or order.

In his objection, plaintiff sets forth no grounds supporting non-adoption of the Findings and

Recommendations. Plaintiff’s section 1983 claim is one for deprivation of his personal property

without due process of law. Plaintiff contends in his objection that defendants intentionally left his

property in a restroom so that it would be stolen, and that his inmate appeal was granted due to

employee negligence.

The Magistrate Judge’s finding and recommendations was correct. Defendants’ conduct was

unauthorized and therefore does not give rise to a claim for relief for violation of the Due Process

Clause. Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 530-34 (1984); Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816-17

(9th Cir. 1994). As the Magistrate Judge explained in the Findings and Recommendations, although

defendants may have violated the prison procedures, that violation does not give rise to a claim for

relief under section 1983 unless the violation also implicates plaintiff’s rights under federal law. See

Sweaney v. Ada County, Idaho, 119 F.3d 1385, 1391 (9th Cir. 1997). In this instance, the events that

occurred concerning plaintiff’s personal property did not rise to the level of a constitutional

violation. Therefore, dismissal of this action, with prejudice, is appropriate.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration is

GRANTED and plaintiff’s objection to the Findings and Recommendations has been considered by

the Court. However, the order adopting the Findings and Recommendations and dismissing this

action shall not be set aside. 

In addition, pursuant to plaintiff’s objection, the Clerk’s Office is HEREBY DIRECTED to

change plaintiff’s address of record to Salinas Valley State Prison.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 12, 2006 /s/ Robert E. Coyle 

668554 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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