Springfield v. Khalit et al

Filing 15

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 2/6/19 ORDERING that the Clerk is directed to serve this order and a copy of plaintiff's 1/30/19 motion for extension of time (ECF No. 14 ) on Supervising Deputy Attorney General Monica An derson and the Warden of the California Medical Facility, P.O. Box 2000, Vacaville, California, 95696-2000; and Within ten days of the date of this order, the Warden of the California Medical Facility shall inform the court of the status of plaintiff's access to his legal property.(Becknal, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CIRON B. SPRINGFIELD, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 No. 2:17-cv-2675 JAM KJN P ORDER M. KHALIT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff has filed his second motion for an extension of time to file a second amended 18 complaint pursuant to the court’s order of November 14, 2018. Plaintiff also requests that the 19 court provide him with a copy of the first amended complaint. Plaintiff alleges that he does not 20 have access to his personal property because he is confined in a psychiatric facility undergoing 21 psychiatric treatment.1 No defendants have been served. Usually persons or entities not parties to an action are 22 23 not subject to orders for injunctive relief. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc., 395 24 U.S. 100 (1969). However, the fact that one is not a party does not automatically preclude the 25 court from acting. The All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), permits the court to issue writs 26 27 28 1 While plaintiff alleges that he is being denied access to his personal property, the undersigned infers that plaintiff is also being denied access to his legal property, based on plaintiff’s request for a copy of the first amended complaint. 1 “necessary or appropriate in aid of their jurisdiction and agreeable to the usages and principles of 2 law.” See generally S.E.C. v. G.C. George Securities, Inc., 637 F.2d 685 (9th Cir.1981); United 3 States v. New York Telephone Co., 434 U.S. 159 (1977). This section does not grant the court 4 plenary power to act in any way it wishes; rather the All Writs Act is meant to aid the court in the 5 exercise and preservation of its jurisdiction. Plum Creek Lumber Company v. Hutton, 608 F.2d 6 1283, 1289 (9th Cir. 1979). 7 The undersigned is concerned that the court may lose jurisdiction if plaintiff does not have 8 access to his legal property. In addition to the first amended complaint, plaintiff requires access 9 to the November 14, 2018 order screening the first amended complaint to prepare the second 10 amended complaint. For these reasons, the Warden of the California Medical Facility (“CMF”), 11 where plaintiff is housed, is directed to inform the court of the status of plaintiff’s access to his 12 legal property. 13 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 14 1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve this order and a copy of plaintiff’s January 15 30, 2019 motion for extension of time (ECF No. 14) on Supervising Deputy Attorney General 16 Monica Anderson and the Warden of the California Medical Facility, P.O. Box 2000, Vacaville, 17 California, 95696-2000; 18 2. Within ten days of the date of this order, the Warden of the California Medical Facility 19 shall inform the court of the status of plaintiff’s access to his legal property. 20 Dated: February 6, 2019 21 22 23 24 spri2675.36sec 25 26 27 28 2

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