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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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U N ITED STATES DISTRICT COU RT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES WALTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT

OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

CASE NO. 1:08-cv-00754-LJO-GSA PC

ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANT MILLER

FROM ACTION

(Docs. 45 and 63)

This is a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Charles Walton,

a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s first

amended complaint, filed June 30, 2008, against Defendants Ochoa, Meyers, Chaffer, Tonge,

Clendaniel, Miller, Lambert, Haley, Arline, Contreras, and DonDiego.

On April 29, 2009, the United States Marshal returned the USM-285 form and the summons

for Defendant Marion F. Miller, Jr. unexecuted. (Doc. 45.) In attempting to serve Mr. Miller, the

Marshal was informed that Mr. Miller, an IMAC Chairman, is an inmate at Avenal State Prison and

not an employee as represented by Plaintiff. (Id.)

Section 1983 provides a cause of action against those acting under color of state law, Long

v. County of Los Angeles, 442 F.3d 1178, 1185 (9th Cir. 2006), and precludes Plaintiff from suing

a fellow inmate, who is a private party and not a state actor, see e.g., Brentwood Academy v.

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assoc., 531 U.S. 288, 295, 121 S.Ct. 924, 930 (2001); Single

Moms, Inc. v. Montana Power Co., 331 F.3d 743, 746-47 (9th Cir. 2003); Sutton v. Providence St.

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Joseph Med. Ctr., 192 F.3d 826, 835 (9th Cir. 1999); Price v. Hawaii, 939 F.2d 702, 707-08 (9th Cir.

1991). Therefore, on October 16, 2009, Plaintiff was ordered to show cause within thirty days why

Defendant Miller should not be dismissed from this action. Plaintiff did not file a response. 

Accordingly, Defendant Marion F. Miller, Jr. is HEREBY DISMISSED from this action on

the ground that he is not a proper party.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 4, 2010 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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