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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONOVAN RICHARD SHIELDS,

Plaintiff, CV F 05 00107 REC WMW P

vs. ORDER RE MOTION (DOC 4 )

RAYMOND ANDREWS, et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action. Pending

before the court is a motion for joinder by inmates Samual Mercado Ulloa and Alejandro

Guzman. Plaintiffs seek to join as co-plaintiffs on the ground that the factual basis for their

claims are common. Plaintiff also contend that it is in the interest of justice for them to join as

co-plaintiffs.

Both plaintiffs are in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at Taft. In this

court’s experience, an action brought by multiple plaintiffs proceeding pro se in which one or

more of the plaintiffs is incarcerated presents procedural problems that cause delay and

confusion. Delay often arises from the frequent transfer of inmates to other facilities or

institutions, the changes in address that occur when inmates are released on parole, and the

difficulties faced by inmates who attempt to communicate with each other and other

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unincarcerated individuals. In this case, the need for the plaintiffs to agree on all filings made in

this action and the need for all filings to contain the original signatures of all eight plaintiffs will

lead to delay and confusion.

Accordingly, the motion for joinder filed on January 26, 2005, is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 18, 2005 /s/ William M. Wunderlich 

mmkd34 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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