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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARREL L. SMITH,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-04-0702 MCE PAN P

vs.

KING, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner without counsel seeking relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. He claims defendant King was deliberately indifferent to his safety by making a false

report stating that plaintiff was a threat to prison security based upon confidential information

and informing plaintiff’s cell-mate about it, thereby placing plaintiff at an unacceptable risk of

future attack by his cell-mate’s friends. On March 16, 2006, defendant King filed an application

for leave to file under seal a document upon which he relies in his motion for summary judgment

filed March 17, 2006. Defendant asserts that giving the document to plaintiff will create an

unacceptable risk plaintiff will circulate it among other prisoners, which could result in serious

bodily injury to or death of another prisoner.

The document defendant contends should not publicly be disclosed is defendant’s

Exhibit 2 to defendant’s motion for summary judgment. It contains information about a

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prisoner’s report to defendant King alleging plaintiff Smith threatened that prisoner. Defendant

King asserts the document is relevant to show there is no genuine issue about a material fact, i.e.,

whether defendant King falsified a report that resulted in plaintiff’s placement in Administrative

Segregation. 

The court has reviewed the document that defendant King intends to rely upon as

Exhibit 2 to his motion for summary judgment.

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant’s March 16, 2006, application for leave to file a document under

seal is granted;

2. Within 20 days from the date this order is signed, defendant shall give plaintiff

an opportunity to review the document under strictly confidential circumstances and to take notes

on the contents of the document;

3. Defendant shall thereafter retain the document;

4. Plaintiff shall not in any manner, written or spoken, communicate the contents

of the document;

5. Plaintiff has 30 days from the date he reviews the document to file and serve

an opposition to defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

DATED: April 27, 2006.

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\smit0702.ord to seal

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