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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THOMAS JOHN HEILMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TODD WASKO, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-01966 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

 By order filed March 31, 2015, ECF No. 102, third party Brian Duffy, former Warden of 

the California Medical Facility and current Warden of the California Health Care Facility, was 

directed to submit for in camera review the staff-prepared Confidential Supplement to Appeal/ 

Appeal Inquiry to plaintiff’s Appeal Log No. CMF-M-07-01295. See ECF No. 102 at 21-4, 26-7. 

Plaintiff sought disclosure of this document via Request No. 8 of his subpoena duces tecum 

served on Warden Duffy. Warden Duffy did not contest the relevance of this document, but 

asserted that internal investigative procedures at the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation (CDCR) would be compromised by its disclosure. Confidential Supplements are 

routinely designated “Not for Inmate Distribution” to promote full disclosure by staff, as required 

by CDCR regulations. See 15 C.C.R. §§ 3450(d), 3321(a). 

 The court has now reviewed the subject Confidential Supplement, which Warden Duffy 

timely submitted in camera. The court finds that the disclosure of this document to plaintiff in 

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unredacted form will not jeopardize institutional security. As Warden Duffy concedes in his 

cover letter, “the document, and not specific text, is considered confidential.” 

 Accordingly IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, within seven days after the filing date of 

this order, Warden Duffy shall serve plaintiff with a copy of the document responsive to Request 

No. 8 of plaintiff’s subpoena duces tecum, viz., the December 1, 2011 Confidential Supplement 

to plaintiff’s Appeal No. CMF-M-07-01295. 

 SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 14, 2015 

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