Haney v. Johnson et al

Filing 117

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 03/25/20 DENYING 116 request for court assistance. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MONTE HANEY,

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No. 2:16-cv-1173 TLN KJN P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

S. JOHNSON, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant

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to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 7, 2020, a settlement conference was held. This action settled.

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On January 13, 2020, the parties filed a stipulation for voluntary dismissal. (ECF No. 110.)

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On March 5, 2020, plaintiff filed a letter requesting court assistance. (ECF No. 116.) In

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this letter, plaintiff alleges that when he returned to High Desert State Prison (“HDSP”) after

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attending the settlement conference at this court, prison officials did not allow him to return to his

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job. Plaintiff alleges that he has reason to believe that prison officials refused to allow him to

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return to his job in retaliation for plaintiff attending the settlement conference. Plaintiff alleges

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that he is aware of another inmate who was out-to-court for longer than plaintiff who was

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permitted to return to his job. Plaintiff requests that the court assist him in returning to his job.

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Plaintiff’s claim that prison officials refused to return him to his job in retaliation for
attending the settlement conference is speculative and not well supported. Prison officials have

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discretion in making job assignments. For these reasons, the undersigned will not order prison

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officials to file a response to plaintiff’s March 5, 2020 letter.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for court assistance in

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returning to his job, contained in the March 5, 2020 letter, is denied.

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Dated: March 25, 2020

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