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Earley v. Ryan

United States District Court, D. Arizona
Nov 5, 2009
No. CV 09-1988-PHX-MHM (JRI) (D. Ariz. Nov. 5, 2009)

Opinion

No. CV 09-1988-PHX-MHM (JRI).

November 5, 2009


ORDER


Plaintiff Roy C. Earley, who is confined in the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman, has filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. The Court will dismiss the Complaint with leave to amend.

I. Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and Filing Fee

Plaintiff's Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis will be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Plaintiff must pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). The Court will assess an initial partial filing fee of $6.00. The remainder of the fee will be collected monthly in payments of 20% of the previous month's income each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The Court will enter a separate Order requiring the appropriate government agency to collect and forward the fees according to the statutory formula.

II. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints

The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or an employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if a plaintiff has raised claims that are legally frivolous or malicious, that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1), (2).

A pleading must contain a "short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2) (emphasis added). While Rule 8 does not demand detailed factual allegations, "it demands more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me accusation." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1949 (2009). "Threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Id.

"[A] complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Id. (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). A claim is plausible "when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Id. "Determining whether a complaint states a plausible claim for relief [is] . . . a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense." Id. at 1950. Thus, although a plaintiff's specific factual allegations may be consistent with a constitutional claim, a court must assess whether there are other "more likely explanations" for a defendant's conduct. Id. at 1951.

If the Court determines that a pleading could be cured by the allegation of other facts, a pro se litigant is entitled to an opportunity to amend a complaint before dismissal of the action.See Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1127-29 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc). The Court should not, however, advise the litigant how to cure the defects. This type of advice "would undermine district judges' role as impartial decisionmakers." Pliler v. Ford, 542 U.S. 225, 231 (2004); see also Lopez, 203 F.3d at 1131 n. 13 (declining to decide whether the court was required to inform a litigant of deficiencies). Plaintiff's Complaint will be dismissed for failure to state a claim, with leave to amend because the Complaint may possibly be saved by amendment.

III. Complaint

Plaintiff sues: Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles L. Ryan; Associate Deputy Warden R. Cluff; Chief of Operations Captain Faye; and Corrections Officer IV J.T. Neal.

Plaintiff raises three grounds for relief:

(1) Plaintiff's Eighth Amendment rights are violated because he has been housed in a sex offender unit even though he is currently incarcerated for first-degree burglary and aggravated assault;
(2) Plaintiff's safety is threatened in violation of the Eighth Amendment because Defendants Faye and Cluff failed to transfer Plaintiff to the general population even though Plaintiff does not have a current sex offense; and
(3) Plaintiff's equal protection rights are violated because Defendant Cluff refuses to transfer Plaintiff from the sex offender unit to general population and failed to answer Plaintiff's related grievances.

Plaintiff seeks money damages and injunctive relief.

IV. Failure to State a Claim

A. Housing Classification Claims

A prisoner has no constitutional right to enjoy a particular security classification. Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 224-25 (1976) (no liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause is implicated in a prison's reclassification and transfer decisions). See also Hewitt v. Helms, 459 U.S. 460, 466 (1983);Lucero v. Russell, 741 F.2d 1129 (9th Cir. 1984). "As long as the conditions or degree of confinement to which the prisoner is subjected is within the sentence imposed upon him and is not otherwise violative of the Constitution, the Due Process Clause does not in itself subject an inmate's treatment by prison authorities to judicial oversight." Montanye v. Haymes, 427 U.S. 236, 242 (1976).

Similarly, a prisoner has no right to be housed in any particular cellblock or to object to his transfer from one cellblock to another. Hewitt v. Helms, 459 U.S. 460, 466-68 (1983) (transfer from general population to administrative segregation does not involve a protected interest); Caldwell v. Miller, 790 F.2d 589, 604-05 (7th Cir. 1986) (where difference between pre- and post-transfer conditions is one of degree not of kind no protected liberty interest in implicated); Lucero v. Russell, 741 F.2d 1129 (9th Cir. 1984) (transfer to maximum security does not infringe on any protected liberty interest); Lyon v. Farrier, 727 F.2d 766, 768 (8th Cir. 1984) (transfer within a prison is within the discretion of prison officials).

Accordingly, Plaintiff's allegation that Defendants have wrongly housed him in a sex offender unit, even though he is not presently incarcerated for a sex offense, does not state a claim for a violation of his constitutional rights.

B. Threat to Safety Claims

The Supreme Court has held that mere negligent failure to protect an inmate from another inmate is not actionable under § 1983. Davidson v. Cannon, 474 U.S. 344 (1986). A prison official violates the Eighth Amendment in failing to protect one inmate from another only when two conditions are met. First, the alleged constitutional deprivation must be, objectively, "sufficiently serious;" the official's act or omission must result in the denial of "the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities." Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834 (1994). Second, the prison official must have a "sufficiently culpable state of mind," i.e., he must act with deliberate indifference to inmate health or safety. Id. In defining "deliberate indifference" in this context, the Supreme Court has imposed a subjective test:

the official must both be aware of the facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and he must also draw the inference.
Id. at 839 (emphasis supplied).

Plaintiff appears to claim that his safety is threatened by his erroneous classification as a sex offender. However, Plaintiff has not alleged facts demonstrating that Defendants were deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of serious harm to Plaintiff's safety; Plaintiff has not described specific threats to his safety or described why his safety is threatened by his present housing and classification assignments. Accordingly, Plaintiff allegations fail to state a threat-to-safety claim.

C. Equal Protection Claims

In Count III, Plaintiff claims that "there have been several inmates that have been transferred to general population but the denial of the Plaintiff borders on discrimination due to the fact that the Plaintiff is not affiliated with a political group and several of these inmates are."

For purposes of equal protection, prisoners are not a suspect class. Webber v. Crabtree, 158 F.3d 460, 461 (9th Cir. 1998);McQueary v. Blodgett, 924 F.2d 829, 834 (9th Cir. 1991). Inmates are not entitled to identical treatment as other inmates merely because they are all inmates. See Norvell v. Illinois, 373 U.S. 420 (1963). A mere demonstration of inequality is not enough to establish a violation of the equal protection clause — when a suspect class is not implicated, the complainant must allege invidious discriminatory intent. McQueary, 924 F.2d at 834-35. However, conclusory allegations alone do not establish an equal protection violation without proof of invidious discriminatory intent. See Village of Arlington Heights v. Metro. Housing Dev. Corp., 429 U.S. 252, 265 (1977). In addition, when a suspect class is not implicated, the court must determine whether the alleged discrimination is "patently arbitrary and bears no rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest."Vermouth v. Corrothers, 827 F.2d 599, 602 (9th Cir. 1987) (internal quotations omitted).

Here, Plaintiff has failed to allege that he is a member of a suspect class, or that Defendants' conduct was the result of purposeful or invidious discrimination, or that the conduct bore no rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest. Plaintiff has therefore failed to state an equal protection claim.

D. Grievance Claims

In Count III, Plaintiff also appears to claim that his civil rights were violated because his "grievance was never answered or rectified pursuant to this institution's rules and procedures." An inmate has no free-standing constitutional right to a grievance process. In Mann v. Adams, 855 F.2d 639, 640 (9th Cir. 1988), the Ninth Circuit held that a prisoner does not have a protected liberty interest in prison grievance procedures. Other circuits have held similarly. See Antonelli v. Sheahan, 81 F.3d 1422, 1430 (7th Cir. 1996); Adams v. Rice, 40 F.3d 72, 75 (4th Cir. 1994);Flick v. Alba, 932 F.2d 728, 729 (8th Cir. 1991). Without a liberty interest, Plaintiff has no procedural due process rights at stake and his grievance allegations fail to state a claim.

V. Leave to Amend

For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff's Complaint will be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Within 30 days, Plaintiff may submit a first amended complaint to cure the deficiencies outlined above. The Clerk of Court will mail Plaintiff a court-approved form to use for filing a first amended complaint. If Plaintiff fails to use the court-approved form, the Court may strike the amended complaint and dismiss this action without further notice to Plaintiff.

Plaintiff must clearly designate on the face of the document that it is the "First Amended Complaint." The first amended complaint must be retyped or rewritten in its entirety on the court-approved form and may not incorporate any part of the original Complaint by reference. Plaintiff may include only one claim per count.

A first amended complaint supersedes the original complaint.Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir. 1992); Hal Roach Studios v. Richard Feiner Co., 896 F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 1990). After amendment, the Court will treat an original complaint as nonexistent. Ferdik, 963 F.2d at 1262. Any cause of action that was raised in the original complaint is waived if it is not raised in a first amended complaint. King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987).

VI. Motion to Appoint Counsel

Plaintiff has requested appointment of counsel. There is no constitutional right to appointment of counsel in a civil case.See Ivey v. Bd. of Regents of Univ. of Alaska, 673 F.2d 266 (9th Cir. 1982). The appointment of counsel in a civil rights case is required only when exceptional circumstances are present. Aldabe v. Aldabe, 616 F.2d 1089 (9th Cir. 1980); Wilborn v. Escalderon, 789 F.2d 1328 (9th Cir. 1986). "A finding of exceptional circumstances requires an evaluation of both 'the likelihood of success on the merits [and] the ability of the petitioner to articulate his claims pro se in light of the complexity of the legal issues involved.'" Wilborn, 789 F.2d at 1331 (quoting Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983)). The Court must review both of these factors together in deciding whether or not to appoint counsel. Id.

The Court has reviewed and evaluated the Complaint and finds this action presents no "exceptional circumstances" requiring the appointment of counsel at this time. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Motion for Appointment of Counsel (Doc. #4) will be denied.

VII. Warnings

A. Release

Plaintiff must pay the unpaid balance of the filing fee within 120 days of his release. Also, within 30 days of his release, he must either (1) notify the Court that he intends to pay the balance or (2) show good cause, in writing, why he cannot. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this action.

B. Address Changes

Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule 83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion for other relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this action.

C. Copies

Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further notice to Plaintiff.

D. Possible "Strike"

Because the Complaint has been dismissed for failure to state a claim, if Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint correcting the deficiencies identified in this Order, the dismissal may count as a "strike" under the "3-strikes" provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Under the 3-strikes provision, a prisoner may not bring a civil action or appeal a civil judgment in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 "if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

E. Possible Dismissal

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including these warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See Ferdik, 963 F.2d at 1260-61 (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Plaintiff's Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. #3) is granted.

(2) As required by the accompanying Order to the appropriate government agency, Plaintiff must pay the $350.00 filing fee and is assessed an initial partial filing fee of $6.00.

(3) Plaintiff's Motion for Appointment of Counsel (Doc. #4) is denied.

(4) The Complaint (Doc. #1) is dismissed for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff has 30 days from the date this Order is filed to file a first amended complaint in compliance with this Order.

(5) If Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint within 30 days, the Clerk of Court must, without further notice, enter a judgment of dismissal of this action with prejudice that states that the dismissal may count as a "strike" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

(6) The Clerk of Court must mail Plaintiff a court-approved form for filing a civil rights complaint by a prisoner.

Instructions for a Prisoner Filing a Civil Rights Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona

1. Who May Use This Form. The civil rights complaint form is designed to help incarcerated persons prepare a complaint seeking relief for a violation of their federal civil rights. These complaints typically concern, but are not limited to, conditions of confinement. This form should not be used to challenge your conviction or sentence. If you want to challenge a state conviction or sentence, you should file a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody. If you want to challenge a federal conviction or sentence, you should file a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate sentence in the federal court that entered the judgment.

2. The Form. Local Rule of Civil Procedure (LRCiv) 3.4(a) provides that complaints by incarcerated persons must be filed on the court-approved form. The form must be typed or neatly handwritten. The form must be completely filled in to the extent applicable. All questions must be answered clearly and concisely in the appropriate space on the form. If needed, you may attach additional pages, but no more than fifteen additional pages, of standard letter-sized paper. You must identify which part of the complaint is being continued and number all pages. If you do not fill out the form properly, you will be asked to submit additional or corrected information, which may delay the processing of your action. You do not need to cite law.

3. Your Signature. You must tell the truth and sign the form. If you make a false statement of a material fact, you may be prosecuted for perjury.

4. The Filing Fee. The filing fee for this action is $350.00. If you are unable to immediately pay the filing fee, you may request leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Please review the "Information for Prisoners Seeking Leave to Proceed with a (Non-Habeas) Civil Action in Federal Court In Forma Pauperis Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915" for additional instructions.

5. Original and Judge's Copy. You must send an original plus one copy of your complaint and of any other documents submitted to the Court. You must send one additional copy to the Court if you wish to have a file-stamped copy of the document returned to you. All copies must be identical to the original. Copies may be legibly handwritten.

6. Where to File. You should file your complaint in the division where you were confined when your rights were allegedly violated. See LRCiv 5.1(a) and 77.1(a). If you were confined in Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma, La Paz, or Gila County, file in the Phoenix Division. If you were confined in Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Mohave, or Yavapai County, file in the Prescott Division. If you were confined in Pima, Cochise, Santa Cruz, Graham, or Greenlee County, file in the Tucson Division. Mail the original and one copy of the complaint with the $350 filing fee or the application to proceed in forma pauperis to: Phoenix Prescott Divisions OR Tucson Division

: : U.S. District Court Clerk U.S. District Court Clerk U.S. Courthouse, Suite 130 U.S. Courthouse, Suite 1500 401 West Washington Street, SPC 10 405 West Congress Street Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2119 Tucson, Arizona 85701-5010 7. Change of Address. You must immediately notify the Court and the defendants in writing of any change in your mailing address. Failure to notify the Court of any change in your mailing address may result in the dismissal of your case.

8. Certificate of Service. You must furnish the defendants with a copy of any document you submit to the Court (except the initial complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis). Each original document (except the initial complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis) must include a certificate of service on the last page of the document stating the date a copy of the document was mailed to the defendants and the address to which it was mailed. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(a), (d). Any document received by the Court that does not include a certificate of service may be stricken. A certificate of service should be in the following form:

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed this ____________________ (month, day, year) to: Name: _________________________ Address: _________________________ Attorney for Defendant(s) ___________________________________ (Signature) 9. Amended Complaint. If you need to change any of the information in the initial complaint, you must file an amended complaint. The amended complaint must be written on the court-approved civil rights complaint form. You may file one amended complaint without leave (permission) of Court before any defendant has answered your original complaint. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a). After any defendant has filed an answer, you must file a motion for leave to amend and lodge (submit) a proposed amended complaint. LRCiv 15.1. In addition, an amended complaint may not incorporate by reference any part of your prior complaint. LRCiv 15.1(a)(2). Any allegations or defendants not included in the amended complaint are considered dismissed. All amended complaints are subject to screening under the Prison Litigation Reform Act; screening your amendment will take additional processing time.

10. Exhibits. You should not submit exhibits with the complaint or amended complaint. Instead, the relevant information should be paraphrased. You should keep the exhibits to use to support or oppose a motion to dismiss, a motion for summary judgment, or at trial.

11. Letters and Motions. It is generally inappropriate to write a letter to any judge or the staff of any judge. The only appropriate way to communicate with the Court is by filing a written pleading or motion.

12. Completing the Civil Rights Complaint Form.

HEADING:

Part A. JURISDICTION:

1. Your Name. Print your name, prison or inmate number, and institutional mailing address on the lines provided.
2. Defendants. If there are four or fewer defendants, print the name of each. If you name more than four defendants, print the name of the first defendant on the first line, write the words "and others" on the second line, and attach an additional page listing the names of all of the defendants. Insert the additional page after page 1 and number it "1-A" at the bottom.
3. Jury Demand. If you want a jury trial, you must write "JURY TRIAL DEMANDED" in the space below "CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT BY A PRISONER." Failure to do so may result in the loss of the right to a jury trial. A jury trial is not available if you are seeking only injunctive relief.
1. Nature of Suit. Mark whether you are filing the complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for state, county, or city defendants; "Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents" for federal defendants; or "other." If you mark "other," identify the source of that authority.
2. Location. Identify the institution and city where the alleged violation of your rights occurred.
3. Defendants. Print all of the requested information about each of the defendants in the spaces provided. If you are naming more than four defendants, you must provide the necessary information about each additional defendant on separate pages labeled "2-A," "2-B," etc., at the bottom. Insert the additional page(s) immediately behind page 2.

Part C. CAUSE OF ACTION:

Part D. REQUEST FOR RELIEF:

(one violation per count).

1. Counts. You must identify which civil right was violated. You may allege the violation of only one civil right per count.
2. Issue Involved. Check the box that most closely identifies the issue involved in your claim. You may check only one box per count. If you check the box marked "Other," you must identify the specific issue involved.
3. Supporting Facts. After you have identified which civil right was violated, you must state the supporting facts. Be as specific as possible. You must state what each individual defendant did to violate your rights. If there is more than one defendant, you must identify which defendant did what act. You also should state the date(s) on which the act(s) occurred, if possible.
4. Injury. State precisely how you were injured by the alleged violation of your rights.
5. Administrative Remedies. You must exhaust any available administrative remedies before you file a civil rights complaint. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e. Consequently, you should disclose whether you have exhausted the inmate grievance procedures or administrative appeals for each count in your complaint. If the grievance procedures were not available for any of your counts, fully explain why on the lines provided.

SIGNATURE:

You must sign your name and print the date you signed the complaint. Failure to sign the complaint will delay the processing of your action. Unless you are an attorney, you may not bring an action on behalf of anyone but yourself.

FINAL NOTE

You should follow these instructions carefully. Failure to do so may result in your complaint being stricken or dismissed. All questions must be answered concisely in the proper space on the form. If you need more space, you may attach no more than fifteen additional pages. But the form must be completely filled in to the extent applicable. If you attach additional pages, be sure to identify which section of the complaint is being continued and number the pages. (Failure to notify the Court of your change of address may result in dismissal of this action.) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA CASE NO. CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT BY A PRISONER A. JURISDICTION 28 U.S.C. § 1343 42 U.S.C. § 1983 28 U.S.C. § 1331Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents 403 U.S. 388 B. DEFENDANTS If you name more than four Defendants, answer the questions listed above for each additional Defendant on a separate page. C. PREVIOUS LAWSUITS If you filed more than three lawsuits, answer the questions listed above for each additional lawsuit on a separate page. D. CAUSE OF ACTION COUNT I Count I. only one. Supporting Facts. each Defendant Injury. Administrative Remedies COUNT II Count II. only one. Supporting Facts. each Defendant Injury. Administrative Remedies. COUNT III Count III. only one. Supporting Facts. each Defendant Injury. Administrative Remedies. If you assert more than three Counts, answer the questions listed above for each additional Count on a separate page. E. REQUEST FOR RELIEF

________________________________________________________ Name and Prisoner/Booking Number ________________________________________________________ Place of Confinement ________________________________________________________ Mailing Address ________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip Code ) ___________________________________________________________________________________, ) (Full Name of Plaintiff) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ____________________________________ ) (To be supplied by the Clerk) (1) ) ___________________________________________________________________________________, ) (Full Name of Defendant) ) ) (2) ___________________________________________________________________________________, ) ) (3) ) ___________________________________________________________________________________, ) ) (4) ) ___________________________________________________________________________________, ) ) [] Original Complaint Defendant(s). ) [] First Amended Complaint [] Check if there are additional Defendants and attach page 1-A listing them. ) [] Second Amended Complaint _____________________________________________________________________________________) 1. This Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to: [] (a); [] ; , (1971). [] Other: _____________________________________________________________________________________________. 2. Institution/city where violation occurred: ___________________________________________________________________. 1. Name of first Defendant: ______________________________. The first Defendant is employed as: _________________________________________ at ________________________________________________. (Position and Title) (Institution) 2. Name of second Defendant: _____________________________. The second Defendant is employed as: _________________________________________ at _________________________________________________. (Position and Title) (Institution) 3. Name of third Defendant: ______________________________. The third Defendant is employed as: _________________________________________ at ________________________________________________. (Position and Title) (Institution) 4. Name of fourth Defendant: _____________________________. The fourth Defendant is employed as: _________________________________________ at _________________________________________________. (Position and Title) (Institution) 1. Have you filed any other lawsuits while you were a prisoner? [] Yes [] No 2. If yes, how many lawsuits have you filed? _____. Describe the previous lawsuits: a. First prior lawsuit: 1. Parties: _____________________________ v. ____________________________________________________ 2. Court and case number: ______________________________________________________________________. 3. Result: (Was the case dismissed? Was it appealed? Is it still pending?) ______________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________. b. Second prior lawsuit: 1. Parties: _____________________________ v. ____________________________________________________ 2. Court and case number: ______________________________________________________________________. 3. Result: (Was the case dismissed? Was it appealed? Is it still pending?) ______________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________. c. Third prior lawsuit: 1. Parties: _____________________________ v. ____________________________________________________ 2. Court and case number: ______________________________________________________________________. 3. Result: (Was the case dismissed? Was it appealed? Is it still pending?) ______________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. State the constitutional or other federal civil right that was violated: _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2. Identify the issue involved. Check State additional issues in separate counts. [] Basic necessities [] Mail [] Access to the court [] Medical care [] Disciplinary proceedings [] Property [] Exercise of religion [] Retaliation [] Excessive force by an officer [] Threat to safety [] Other: _______________________________________________. 3. State as briefly as possible the FACTS supporting Count I. Describe exactly what did or did not do that violated your rights. State the facts clearly in your own words without citing legal authority or arguments. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 4. State how you were injured by the actions or inactions of the Defendant(s). _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 5. : a. Are there any administrative remedies (grievance procedures or administrative appeals) available at your institution? [] Yes [] No b. Did you submit a request for administrative relief on Count I? [] Yes [] No c. Did you appeal your request for relief on Count I to the highest level? [] Yes [] No d. If you did not submit or appeal a request for administrative relief at any level, briefly explain why you did not. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. State the constitutional or other federal civil right that was violated: _______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2. Identify the issue involved. Check State additional issues in separate counts. [] Basic necessities [] Mail [] Access to the court [] Medical care [] Disciplinary proceedings [] Property [] Exercise of religion [] Retaliation [] Excessive force by an officer [] Threat to safety [] Other: _______________________________________________. 3. State as briefly as possible the FACTS supporting Count II. Describe exactly what did or did not do that violated your rights. State the facts clearly in your own words without citing legal authority or arguments. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 4. State how you were injured by the actions or inactions of the Defendant(s). ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 5. a. Are there any administrative remedies (grievance procedures or administrative appeals) available at your institution? [] Yes [] No b. Did you submit a request for administrative relief on Count II? [] Yes [] No c. Did you appeal your request for relief on Count II to the highest level? [] Yes [] No d. If you did not submit or appeal a request for administrative relief at any level, briefly explain why you did not. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. State the constitutional or other federal civil right that was violated: _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2. Identify the issue involved. Check State additional issues in separate counts. [] Basic necessities [] Mail [] Access to the court [] Medical care [] Disciplinary proceedings [] Property [] Exercise of religion [] Retaliation [] Excessive force by an officer [] Threat to safety [] Other: ______________________________________________. 3. State as briefly as possible the FACTS supporting Count III. Describe exactly what did or did not do that violated your rights. State the facts clearly in your own words without citing legal authority or arguments. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 4. State how you were injured by the actions or inactions of the Defendant(s). ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 5. a. Are there any administrative remedies (grievance procedures or administrative appeals) available at your institution? [] Yes [] No b. Did you submit a request for administrative relief on Count III? [] Yes [] No c. Did you appeal your request for relief on Count III to the highest level? [] Yes [] No d. If you did not submit or appeal a request for administrative relief at any level, briefly explain why you did not. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________. State the relief you are seeking: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on ______________________________ ______________________________ DATE SIGNATURE OF PLAINTIFF _________________________________________________ (Name and title of paralegal, legal assistant, or other person who helped prepare this complaint) _________________________________________________ (Signature of attorney, if any) _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (Attorney's address telephone number)

ADDITIONAL PAGES

All questions must be answered concisely in the proper space on the form. If you need more space, you may attach no more than fifteen additional pages. But the form must be completely filled in to the extent applicable. If you attach additional pages, be sure to identify which section of the complaint is being continued and number all pages.


Summaries of

Earley v. Ryan

United States District Court, D. Arizona
Nov 5, 2009
No. CV 09-1988-PHX-MHM (JRI) (D. Ariz. Nov. 5, 2009)
Case details for

Earley v. Ryan

Case Details

Full title:Roy C. Earley, Plaintiff, v. Charles L. Ryan, et al., Defendants

Court:United States District Court, D. Arizona

Date published: Nov 5, 2009

Citations

No. CV 09-1988-PHX-MHM (JRI) (D. Ariz. Nov. 5, 2009)