(PC) Luedtke v. Griesbach et al
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ORDER DENYING Plaintiff's 5 Motion for Order signed by Magistrate Judge Helena M. Barch-Kuchta on 07/15/02021. (Flores, E)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JAMES LUEDTKE,
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Plaintiff,
Case No. 1:21-cv-00718
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR ORDER
v.
(Doc. No. 5)
WILLIAM GRIESBACH, ET. AL.,
Defendants.
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Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s “Motion for Order,” which was delivered to
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correctional officials for mailing on May 12, 2021. (Doc. No. 5, “Motion”). Plaintiff, a federal
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prisoner, states he first noticed “blood in the toilet” on April 1, 2021, and “sent medical a[n]
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email about the internal bleeding” on April 21, 2021. (Id. at 1). Plaintiff acknowledges he “was
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called to the medical” on April 30, 2021, weighed, and then sent back to his unit. (Id.). Plaintiff
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states, “no action has been taken to remedy the internal bleeding” and requests the Court to order
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the Warden of Atwater Federal Correctional Institution to provide Plaintiff with medical care at
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an “outside hospital.” (Id. at 1-2).
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Other than citing to Fed. R. Civ. P. 8, the Motion otherwise fails to identify any legal
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authority to support the Motion. (See Doc. 5 at 1). Plaintiff acknowledges he was called to the
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medical department after he emailed them complaints about his bleeding. (Id. at 1). Plaintiff
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does not state he is otherwise suffering any other physical symptoms. (See generally Id.). It
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appears Plaintiff disagrees with the medical care he is being provided. Thus, in addition to
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having other remedies available to him, Plaintiff’s claim is not “clear and certain” to warrant
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mandamus relief. Barron v. Reich, 13 F.3d 1370, 1374 (9th Cir. 1994) (finding a writ
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of mandamus appropriate only when (1) the petitioner’s claim is “clear and certain”; (2) the
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respondent official's duty to act is ministerial and (3) no other adequate remedy is available.).
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To the extent Plaintiff intended the Motion to seek preliminary injunctive relief, the
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Motion is wholly deficient as Plaintiff neither identifies, nor even attempts to establish, the
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factors to prevail on such a motion. See Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 24
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(2008); see also 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(1)(A) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Further, a
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motion seeking preliminary injunctive relief would be premature since Plaintiff has not been
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granted to leave to proceed in forma pauperis, he has not paid the filing fee, and his Complaint
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has not proceeded past the screening stage.
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Accordingly, it is ORDERED:
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Plaintiff’s Motion for Order (Doc. No. 5) is DENIED.
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Dated:
July 15, 2021
HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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