Goff v. Gamez et al

Filing 92

ORDER RE: Plaintiff's Filing Received on December 9, 2019; ORDER DIRECTING Clerk to Treat Plaintiff's Filing as a Notice of Appeal and to Send Plaintiff a Copy of ECF Nos. 85, 86, 88, 89, & 90 signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 12/11/2019. (Sant Agata, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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THOMAS L. GOFF,

Case No. 1:15-cv-00937-AWI-EPG (PC)

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Plaintiff, ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S FILING
RECEIVED ON DECEMBER 9, 2019

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v.
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(ECF NO. 91)
GAMEZ, et al.,

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ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO TREAT
PLAINTIFF’S FILING AS A NOTICE OF
Defendants. APPEAL AND TO SEND PLAINTIFF A
COPY OF ECF NOS. 85, 86, 88, 89, & 90

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Thomas Goff (“Plaintiff”) is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

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pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action was dismissed

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for failure to prosecute on November 8, 2019. (ECF Nos. 89 & 90).

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On December 9, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion with the Court, which included a request for

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“a printout of the last two months of developments,” and “any necessary appeal packets if my

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case(s) have been closed.” (ECF No. 91).1 Plaintiff states that he has been in and out of the

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hospital for a variety of life-threatening infections, as well as a double concussion. He is

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currently being held “for a probation sanction,” and is unable to obtain the mail that was sent to

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his P.O. box.

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Plaintiff makes these requests in two cases. The Court is only addressing these requests as they pertain to

this case.
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The Court finds good cause to grant Plaintiff’s request for “a printout of the last two months

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of developments.” As to Plaintiff’s request for an appeal packet, the Court does not have appeal

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packets. However, given that Plaintiff is apparently attempting to appeal the dismissal of this

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case, the Court will construe the request as a notice of appeal.

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Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:
1. The Clerk of Court is directed to treat Plaintiff’s filing at ECF No. 91 as a notice of

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appeal; and
2. The Clerk of Court is directed to send Plaintiff a copy of ECF Nos. 85, 86, 88, 89, &

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90.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

December 11, 2019

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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