Holt

Holt v. Alvarado CA5

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 20, 2024F085357California1,817 words

Opinion

Opinion

INTRODUCTION

In this case, appellant Calvin Holt, an inmate housed at Salinas Valley State Prison, seemingly alleged he was subjected to multiple rules violations reports (RVRs) related to the same incident in which he refused to accept a new cellmate. Holt claimed this was a form of unlawful “stacking.” The trial court sustained a demurrer with leave to amend, and then following Holt’s amendment, sustained a second demurrer without further leave to amend. Because Holt has failed to include any of the necessary documents in the record for us to review, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

The specific factual allegations of the complaint are largely irrelevant to this matter’s resolution and are, in fact, unknown, since the record on appeal does not contain the original complaint, the first amended complaint (FAC), or the second amended complaint (SAC). We gather from the briefing Holt generally claimed respondents M. Alvarado, A. Shaw, S. Sherman, and M. Owens inappropriately “stacked” multiple RVRs related to the same incident. It is unclear what type of relief he sought, since he also acknowledges he was granted at least partial relief through the internal appeals process at the prison…

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