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Parties Involved:
Jerry Hamiltonhausey
Plaintiff
Jill Lewis
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERRY HAMILTONHAUSEY, 

Plaintiff, 

 v.

JILL LEWIS,

Defendant. /

No. C 18-6179 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF SERVICE

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, a California state prisoner at San Quentin State Prison, filed this pro se civil

rights case under 42 U.S.C. 1983 alleging that defendant violated his constitutional rights. The

operative complaint was filed on October 26, 2018, and is construed as the first amended

complaint. He is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. For the

reasons discussed below, the amended complaint is ordered served upon defendant. 

ANALYSIS

A. STANDARD OF REVIEW

Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek

redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C.

1915A(a). In its review the court must identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims

which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seek

monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. Id. at 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro

se pleadings must be liberally construed. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696, 699

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(9th Cir. 1990).

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) requires only "a short and plain statement of the

claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." "Specific facts are not necessary; the

statement need only '"give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . . claim is and the grounds

upon which it rests."'" Erickson v. Pardus, 127 S. Ct. 2197, 2200 (2007) (citations omitted). 

Although in order to state a claim a complaint “does not need detailed factual allegations, . . . a

plaintiff's obligation to provide the 'grounds of his 'entitle[ment] to relief' requires more than

labels and conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not

do. . . . Factual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative

level." Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 1964-65 (2007) (citations omitted). A

complaint must proffer "enough facts to state a claim for relief that is plausible on its face." Id.

at 1974. 

To state a claim under 42 U.S.C. 1983, a plaintiff must allege two essential elements: 

(1) that a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States was violated, and (2)

that the alleged deprivation was committed by a person acting under the color of state law. 

West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 48 (1988). 

B. LEGAL CLAIMS 

When liberally construed, plaintiff’s allegations that defendant caused him to lose his

prison job based upon his race and gender states a cognizable claim for the violation of his right

to equal protection.

 CONCLUSION

For the reasons set out above, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. The clerk shall issue summons and the United States Marshal shall serve, without

prepayment of fees, a copy of the first amended complaint (dkt. 3) with all attachments thereto,

and a copy of this order upon defendant Jill Lewis at San Quentin State Prison. A courtesy

copy of the complaint with attachments and this order shall also be mailed to the California

Attorney General’s Office. 

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2. Defendants shall file an answer in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. 

3. In order to expedite the resolution of this case:

a. No later than 91 days from the date this order is filed, defendants shall file a

motion for summary judgment or other dispositive motion. If defendants are of the opinion that

this case cannot be resolved by summary judgment, they shall so inform the court prior to the

date the summary judgment motion is due. All papers filed with the court shall be promptly

served on the plaintiff.

b. Plaintiff's opposition to the dispositive motion, if any, shall be filed with the

court and served upon defendants no later than 28 days from the date of service of the motion. 

Plaintiff must read the attached page headed “NOTICE -- WARNING,” which is provided to

him pursuant to Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 953-954 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc), and Klingele

v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409, 411-12 (9th Cir. 1988).

c. Defendants shall file a reply brief no later than 14 days after the date of

service of the opposition. 

d. The motion shall be deemed submitted as of the date the reply brief is due. No

hearing will be held on the motion unless the court so orders at a later date. 

e. Along with his motion, defendants shall file proof that they served plaintiff the

Rand warning at the same time they served him with their motion. Failure to do so will result in

the summary dismissal of their motion. 

5. All communications by the plaintiff with the court must be served on defendants, or

defendants’ counsel once counsel has been designated, by mailing a true copy of the document to

defendants or defendants’ counsel.

6. Discovery may be taken in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. No

further court order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2) or Local Rule 16-1 is required

before the parties may conduct discovery.

7. It is the plaintiff's responsibility to prosecute this case. Plaintiff must keep the court

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informed of any change of address and must comply with the court's orders in a timely fashion. 

Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant to

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November , 2018. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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NOTICE -- WARNING (SUMMARY JUDGMENT)

If defendants move for summary judgment, they are seeking to have your case dismissed.

A motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will, if

granted, end your case.

Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a motion for summary judgment.

Generally, summary judgment must be granted when there is no genuine issue of material

fact--that is, if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the result of your case, the

party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, which will

end your case. When a party you are suing makes a motion for summary judgment that is

properly supported by declarations (or other sworn testimony), you cannot simply rely on what

your complaint says. Instead, you must set out specific facts in declarations, depositions, answers

to interrogatories, or authenticated documents, as provided in [current Rule 56(c)], that

contradict the facts shown in the defendant's declarations and documents and show that there is a

genuine issue of material fact for trial. If you do not submit your own evidence in opposition,

summary judgment, if appropriate, may be entered against you. If summary judgment is granted,

your case will be dismissed and there will be no trial.

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