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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

LANCE WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

WASCO STATE PRISON, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:14-cv-01714-MJS (PC)

PRE-SERVICE ORDER:

1) REQUESTING THE LIMITED 

APPEARANCE OF THE ATTORNEY 

GENERAL TO ASSIST IN 

IDENTIFYING AND SERVING 

DEFENDANTS; AND

2) RESETTING TELEPHONIC STATUS 

CONFERENCE

Date: October 8, 2015

Time: 2:00 p.m., Courtroom 6 (MJS)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has consented to magistrate 

judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 5.) Plaintiff’s complaint contains cognizable claims of 

unconstitutional conduct, but Plaintiff is unable to identify the defendants by name. 

On May 13, 2015, the Court found that Plaintiff had stated cognizable Eighth 

Amendment medical indifference claims against Defendant John Does 1 and 2. (ECF 

Nos. 10 & 12.) Because service cannot proceed on defendants whose names are not 

known, the Court opened discovery for the limited purpose of identifying Does 1 and 2. 

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(ECF Nos. 12 and 18.) Information received in response to the Court’s order (ECF No. 

18) appears to have narrowed the search but not yet definitively identified Does 1 and 2. 

The Court seeks input from the parties as to how to proceed in light of this new, but still 

limited, information. To that end, the Court will schedule a telephonic status hearing.

(Such a hearing originally was set for September 16, 2015, but no one appeared on 

behalf of CDCR or any potential Defendant.)

The Court requests the voluntary assistance of the Office of the Attorney General

in addressing the above issue. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This matter is set for a telephonic status conference before the Honorable 

Michael J. Seng on October 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., in Courtroom 6.

2. Counsel from the Office of the Attorney General is requested to appear on a 

limited basis at the status conference for the purpose of determining how best 

to proceed with identification and service of defendants in this case;

3. The Attorney General’s Office is further asked to arrange for the participation 

of Plaintiff in the telephonic status conference and to initiate the telephonic 

conference at: (888) 204-5984, Access Code: 4446176.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 22, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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