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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

JESSIE L. SERRANO,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

SERGEANT JEFFERY L. LUCAS,

 Defendant.

1:11-cv-00399-EPG-PC

ORDER FOR DEFENDANT TO FILE 

FURTHER BRIEFING ON 

ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE

BY MARCH 4, 2016

Jury Trial: March 8, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in 

 Courtroom 10 (EPG)

This civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983, proceeds on the First 

Amended Complaint filed by state prisoner Jessie L. Serrano (APlaintiff@) on April 14, 2011,

against defendant Sergeant Jeffery L. Lucas (ADefendant”), for failure to protect Plaintiff, in

violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 6.)1 This case is presently set for trial on March 

8, 2016 before Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean.

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Upon further review of Defendant’s exhibit list for trial, the Court questions the 

admissibility of Plaintiff’s Rules Violations Reports by Defendant at trial, and requests further 

briefing by Defendant on this issue. (ECF No. 91 at 15 ¶¶29, 30.) In his Pretrial Statement, 

Defendant includes on his exhibit list (1) Rules Violation Report FC-01-09-0018, heard on 

 

1On June 24, 2013, Plaintiff notified the Court that he wished to proceed only on the cognizable 

failure to protect claim against defendant Lucas. (ECF No. 12.)

2The parties to this action have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

' 636(c). (ECF Nos. 4, 39.) 

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October 16, 2001, and (2) Rules Violation Report F5-03-01-012, heard on January 28, 2003. 

(ECF No. 61 at 10 ¶¶29, 30.) To aid consideration, the parties are invited to submit further 

briefing on the admissibility of this evidence no later than March 4, 2016.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that if a party wishes to submit argument 

regarding the admissibility of Plaintiff’s Rules Violations Reports by Defendant at trial, they 

must do so no later than March 4, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 26, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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