Blaine v. California Health Care Facility et al

Filing 6

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 12/17/13 ordering plaintiff is granted an extension of time of 30 days from the date of this order in which to provide an affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the clerk of the court or the required fees in the amount of $400. The clerk of the court is directed to send plaintiff another application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner. In response to plaintiff's request at 5 should plaintiff not be provided a copy of his certified trust account by the inmate trust office within 21 days of the date of this order, Warden Ron Rackley or his designee must show cause in this court why plaintiff has not bee provided such documentation. The clerk of the court is directed to mail a copy of this order to Warden Ron Rackley, California Health Care Facility-Stockton, PO Box 32050, Stockton, CA 95213. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VANCE BLAINE,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:13-cv-2163 AC P

v.

ORDER

CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE
FACILITY, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed on October 28, 2013, plaintiff was directed to either file an in

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forma pauperis affidavit or pay the required filing fee ($350.00 plus the $50.00 administrative

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fee1) within thirty days. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). ECF No. 4. In a December 2, 2013

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filing, plaintiff states that he has not received any response to his October 29, 2013 written

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request to the inmate trust office for a certified statement of his prison trust account. ECF No. 5.

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Plaintiff, who is vision impaired, further indicates that when he later made spoken requests for

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assistance, he was informed by unnamed staff members that CDCR policy and/or regulations

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prohibit assistance in response to an oral request. Id.

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If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the filing fee
but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not
required to pay the $50.00 administrative fee.
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Plaintiff will be granted a thirty-day extension of time either to submit the appropriate

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affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the required fees

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totaling $400.00.

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If plaintiff is not provided the certified affidavit necessary to proceed in forma pauperis

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within twenty-one days of the date of this order because the inmate trust office refuses to provide

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him the documentation and certification he seeks, the court will require a response from Warden

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Ron Rackley or his designee indicating the reason. No defendants have been served with process.

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Usually persons or entities not parties to an action are not subject to orders for injunctive relief.

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Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc., 395 U.S. 100 (1969). However, the fact that the

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warden is not a party does not automatically preclude the court from acting. The All Writs Act

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authorizes Aall courts established by Act of Congress [to] issue all writs necessary or appropriate

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in aid of their respective jurisdictions... .@ Clinton v. Goldsmith, 526 U.S. 529, 534, 119 S. Ct.

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1538, 1542 (1999), quoting 28 U.S.C. ' 1651(a). The All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. ' 1651(a),

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permits the court to issue writs Anecessary or appropriate in aid of their jurisdictions and

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agreeable to the usages and principles of law.@ See generally S.E.C. v. G.C. George Securities,

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Inc., 637 F.2d 685 (9th Cir. 1981); United States v. New York Telephone Co., 434 U.S. 159

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(1977). This section does not grant the court plenary power to act in any way it wishes; rather,

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the All Writs Act is meant to aid the court in the exercise and preservation of its jurisdiction.

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Plum Creek Lumber Company v. Hutton, 608 F.2d 1283, 1289 (9th Cir. 1979).

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The court is concerned that it may lose its jurisdiction if plaintiff is unable to prosecute

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this action because he cannot provide the documentation necessary for the court to assess whether

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he is qualified to proceed in forma pauperis.

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff is granted an extension of time of thirty days from the date of this order in

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which to provide an affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form

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provided by the Clerk of Court, or the required fees in the amount of $400.00; plaintiff’s failure to

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comply with this order through any fault of his own will result in a recommendation that this

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action be dismissed;
2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff another Application to Proceed In
Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner;
3. In response to plaintiff’s request at ECF No. 5, should plaintiff not be provided a copy

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of his certified trust account by the inmate trust office within twenty-one days of the date of this

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order, Warden Ron Rackley or his designee must show cause in this court why plaintiff has not

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been provided such documentation; and

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4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to mail a copy of this order to:

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Warden Ron Rackley
The California Health Care Facility – Stockton (CHCF)
P.O. Box 32050
Stockton, CA 95213

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DATED: December 17, 2013

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