Hughes v. CDCR

Filing 18

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 1/15/2013 DENYING plaintiff's 17 motion for the return of his property. (Yin, K)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BERNARD HUGHES,

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Plaintiff,

No. 2:11-cv-1856 EFB P

Defendants.

ORDER

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vs.
CDCR, et al.,

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff states that his legal mail and court documents have been confiscated and

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requests that the court order that his documents be returned to him. Plaintiff has not indicated

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whether he has completed the administrative process available at his institution with regard to

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this complaint. In addition, plaintiff is not currently facing a court deadline, as the United States

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Marshal is still in the process of serving defendant Jonsen.

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Should any delay in the return of plaintiff’s legal property interfere with his ability to

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meet a court-imposed deadline in the future, plaintiff may request that the court grant him an

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extension of time, explaining why he has been unable to meet the deadline in the time provided.

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If plaintiff seeks additional time on the grounds he did not have adequate access to his property,

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he must indicate why he is unable to meet the deadline without that property, what specific
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requests he has made for access to that property, and how prison officials have responded to

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those requests.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for the return of his

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property (Dckt. No. 17) is denied.

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Dated: January 15, 2013.

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