Jones v. Kuppinger et al

Filing 157

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 10/19/18 ORDERING plaintiff is admonished to refrain from filing further matters in the case pro se. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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HENRY A. JONES,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:13-cv-0451 AC P

v.
ORDER
P. KUPPINGER, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff Henry Jones is a state prisoner proceeding with appointed counsel in this civil

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rights action. Plaintiff has filed a pro se “motion” informing the court that he will be acting as co-

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counsel. See ECF No. 154.
As this court has previously informed plaintiff, the court will not consider a pro se filing

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from a party who is represented by counsel. See e.g. McCullough v. Graber, 726 F.3d 1057, 1059

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n.1 (9th Cir. 2013) (declining to consider pro se letters from habeas petitioner because he was

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represented by counsel); Rosenblum v. Campbell, 370 Fed. Appx. 782, at *1 (9th Cir. 2010)

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(“Because [petitioner] is represented by counsel, only counsel may submit filings.”).
Moreover, prisoners have no right to serve as co-counsel to their appointed counsel, even

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on criminal appeals. See Meeks v. California Dept. of Corrections, 5 F.3d 538 (9th Cir. 1993)

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(Table), 1993 WL 330724, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 30804.

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Plaintiff is admonished to refrain from filing further matters in this case pro se. Failure to

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abide by this admonition may result in the imposition of sanctions.

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DATED: October 19, 2018

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