Opinion
No. CIV S-05-0876 LKK JFM P
04-22-2013
DAVID WILSON, Plaintiff, v. JEANNE WOODFORD, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that he suffers from mental illness and participates in the Enhanced Outpatient Program (EOP) in the California Department of Corrections. In his second amended complaint, filed September 19, 2005, plaintiff raises claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act that EOP inmates: "1) are not permitted to attend school full time; 2) are not permitted to attend GED classes or receive vocational training; 3) do not receive the same yard time; 4) receive less access to the law library; 5) are not permitted to attend church services; 6) are denied group therapy; 7) are not permitted to be members of or are denied equal access to the Men's Advisory Committee;" and do not, based on their disability, receive group therapy or equal yard time. (Order filed Nov. 1, 2005 ((ECF No. 25), at 3; see also Findings and Recommendations, filed Nov. 1, 2005 (ECF No. 24) and Order thereon filed Mar. 24, 2006 (ECF No. 41).) The sole defendant named in this action is the California Department of Corrections. (See Order filed Nov. 1, 2005 (ECF No. 25), at 1.) Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and attorneys' fees. (Second Amended Complaint, filed Sept. 19, 2005 (ECF No. 19), at xxiii-xxv.)
Now known as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
On December 14, 2012, plaintiff filed a document styled "Plaintiffs Notice of Motion and Brief in Support of Motion for Enforcement and Sanctions CMF-Vacaville Discrimination Relief and Intervention." (ECF No. 74.) On January 30, 2013, plaintiff filed a motion for entry of default (ECF No. 75) based on defendants' failure to respond to his December 14, 2012 motion.
By order filed May 2, 2006 (ECF No. 45), this action was related to, inter alia, a class action pending in this court, Coleman v. Wilson, No. CIV S-90-0520 LKK JFM P, and a proposed class action also pending in this court, Hecker v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, No. CIV S-05-2441 LKK JFM P. Subsequently, by order filed March 27, 2007 (ECF No. 69), this action was stayed pending referral of the related case, Hecker v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, No. CIV 2:05-cv-2441 LKK JFM P, to the Special Master in Coleman v. Brown, No. 2:90-cv-0520 LKK JFM P for a report and recommendation as to whether the claims raised in Hecker herein can be resolved within the remedial phase of Coleman. The stay of this action remains in full force and effect. Defendants are not, therefore, required to respond to plaintiff's motion at this time.
Currently, the parties in Hecker are in a court-ordered meet and confer process to "(1) identify which, if any, issues raised in the second amended complaint have been resolved through the Coleman remedial process; (2) identify which, if any, issues raised in the second amended complaint remain in dispute; (3) as to any remaining issues so identified, which of those are or could be resolved in the Coleman remedial process; and (4) which, if any, of the claims raised in the second amended complaint cannot be resolved through the Coleman remedial process and why they cannot be so resolved." Order filed Oct. 19, 2012 in Hecker, No. 2:05-cv-2441 LKK JFM P (ECF No. 102) at 2. See also Order filed Apr. 12, 2013 in Hecker (ECF No. 107).
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For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff's motion for enforcement and sanctions will be denied without prejudice, and plaintiff's motion for default will be denied.
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff's December 14, 2012 motion (ECF No. 74) is denied without prejudice; and
2. Plaintiff's January 30, 2013 motion for default and sanctions (ECF No. 75) is denied.
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DALE A. DROZD
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE