Opinion
1:18-cv-00774-DAD-EPG
08-30-2021
ROGER HEPNER, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF TULARE, et al., Defendants. NICHOLAS O'NEAL, Cross-Claimant, v. COUNTY OF TULARE, et al., Cross-Defendants.
ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO ADMINISTRATIVELY REDESIGNATE CASE AS A PRISONER ACTION
Plaintiff Roger Hepner (“Plaintiff”), proceeding through counsel, filed this action alleging claims pursuant to state law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants County of Tulare, Tulare County Sheriff, and Nicholas O'Neal. (ECF No. 1.) Cross-Claimant Nicholas O'Neal has filed a cross-complaint against Cross-Defendants County of Tulare and Tulare County Sheriff. (ECF No. 31.)
This case was originally administratively designated as 440 Civil Rights: Other. However, a review of the complaint indicates that the present action involves a prisoner litigating the conditions of his confinement. The administrative designation should therefore be updated to 550 Prisoner: Civil Rights.
Plaintiff alleges that he was beaten by a Tulare County Sheriff's deputy while incarcerated at the Tulare County pretrial detention center. (See ECF No. 1.) The Court's administrative designation for prisoner civil rights cases includes pretrial detainees' conditions of confinement.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to administratively redesignate this matter from 440 Civil Rights: Other to 550 Prisoner: Civil Rights to reflect that the case involves a prisoner litigating the conditions of his confinement; and
2. The case number in this action shall be updated as follows: Case No. 1:18-cv-00774-DAD-EPG (PC).
IT IS SO ORDERED.