Dustin v. Vogel

Full title: DALE OWEN DUSTIN, Plaintiff, v. R. VOGEL, et al., Defendants

Court: United States District Court, E.D. California

Date published: Jun 27, 2007

CV F 05 0612 AWI WMW (E.D. Cal. Jun. 27, 2007)

Opinion

CV F 05 0612 AWI WMW.

June 27, 2007

ORDER

WILLIAM WUNDERLICH, Magistrate Judge

On May 17, 2007, an order was entered, granting Plaintiff leave to file an a amended complaint. On May 29, 2007, Plaintiff filed a document titled as a memorandum of understanding and motion for appointment of counsel. In this document, Plaintiff indicates that prison officials have lost his legal paperwork, and he needs a copy of the original complaint. Plaintiff also seeks the appointment of counsel and an extension of time in which to file an amended complaint.

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 109 S.Ct. 1814 (1989).

In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1990); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332 (9th Cir. 1990). In the present case, the court does not find the required exceptional circumstances.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's request for the appointment of counsel is denied.

2. The Clerk's Office is directed to send to Plaintiff a copy of the original complaint.

3. Plaintiff is granted an extension of time of thirty days from the date of service of this order in which to file an amended complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Exhibit 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Previous Lawsuits (list all other previous or pending lawsuits on back of this form): II. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies ALL NOTICE: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 42 U.S.C. § 1997ebefore Booth v. Churner 532 U.S. 731 741 McKinney v. Carey 311 F.3d 1198 1999 Even if you are seeking only money damages and the inmate appeal or administrative remedy process does not provide money, you must exhaust the process before filing suit. Booth 532 U.S. at 734 Defendants Statement of Claim facts Relief.

Plaintiff's Name ____________________________ Inmate No. __________________________________ Address _____________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Name of Plaintiff) (Case Number) vs. AMENDED COMPLAINT __________________________________________ Civil Rights Act, __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ (Names of all Defendants) I. A. Have you brought any other lawsuits while a prisoner? Yes ___ No ___ B. If your answer to A is yes, how many? _______________ Describe previous or pending lawsuits in the space below. (If more than one, use back of paper to continue outlining all lawsuits.) 1. Parties to this previous lawsuit: Plaintiff _________________________________________________________________________________________ Defendants ________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 2. Court (if Federal Court, give name of District; if State Court, give name of County) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Docket Number __________________________ 4. Assigned Judge ________________________________ 5. Disposition (For example: Was the case dismissed? Was it appealed? Is it still pending?) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Filing date (approx.) __________________ 7. Disposition date (approx.) ____________________ A. Is there an inmate appeal or administrative remedy process available at your institution? Yes ___ No ___ B. Have you filed an appeal or grievance concerning of the facts contained in this complaint? Yes ___ No ___ If your answer is no, explain why not _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ C. Is the process completed? Yes ___ If your answer is yes, briefly explain what happened at each level. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ No ___ If your answer is no, explain why not. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, "[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under [], or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted." (a). If there is an inmate appeal or administrative remedy process available at your institution, you may not file an action under Section 1983, or any other federal law, until you have first completed (exhausted) the process available at your institution. You are required to complete (exhaust) the inmate appeal or administrative remedy process filing suit, regardless of the relief offered by the process. , , (2001); , , (9th Cir. 2002). , . III. (In Item A below, place the full name of the defendant in the first blank, his/her official position in the second blank, and his/her place of employment in the third blank. Use item B for the names, positions and places of employment of any additional defendants.) A. Defendant _________________________________________ is employed as ________________________________ ____________________________ at ______________________________________________________________ B. Additional defendants _____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ IV. (State here as briefly as possible the of your case. Describe how each defendant is involved, including dates and places. Do not give any legal arguments or cite any cases or statutes. Attach extra sheets if necessary.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ V. (State briefly exactly what you want the court to do for you. Make no legal arguments. Cite no cases or statutes.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Date _____________________________ Signature of Plaintiff ___________________________________________