Law v. Gripe, et al.

Filing 50

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/27/2017 ORDERING defendants to file an opposition or other appropriate response to plaintiff's motions (ECF Nos. 41 , 44 ) within 7 days. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CARLOS GILBERT LAW,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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No. 2:16-cv-1830-EFB P

RUBINO, et al.,

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ORDER

Defendants.

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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. ECF No. 8. In the operative complaint, plaintiff alleges that defendant Rubino

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sexually assaulted him and defendant Gripe refused to provide medical care for the resulting

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injuries. Id. Plaintiff has filed two motions for injunctive relief, alleging that he continues to be

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denied medical treatment for his penis, which is painful and bleeding as a result of Rubino’s

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alleged assault. ECF Nos. 41, 44. He alleges that custody staff are retaliating against him by

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telling other inmates he is a “snitch,” which has caused him to be assaulted by a fellow inmate.

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ECF No. 41. Plaintiff also claims that another custody officer sexually assaulted him on May 8,

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2017 and other staff denied him food on at least one occasion. ECF No. 44.

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Defendants answered the complaint on June 23, 2017, but have thus far filed no response

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to plaintiff’s injunctive relief motions, the first of which was filed on May 2, 2017. Due to the

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seriousness and time-sensitivity of plaintiff’s allegations, the court hereby ORDERS defendants
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to file an opposition or other appropriate response to plaintiff’s motions (ECF Nos. 41, 44) within

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seven days of the date of this order.

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DATED: July 27, 2017.

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