Walker
Walker v. Woodford
Opinion
Opinion
Burns, J.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AS MODIFIED, DENYING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART REQUESTS FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE, STRIKING CERTAIN EXHIBITS, GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS, AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STRIKE
Plaintiffs K. Jamel Walker and Dale Hurd, inmates at Calipatria State Prison (“Calipatria”), filed a complaint in this case on August 30, 2005, seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of their Eighth Amendment rights. Plaintiffs complain that lights in their cells, which they are not permitted to cover, are turned on 24 hours a day. Plaintiffs allege that the light prevents them from sleeping adequately, and that this has caused a variety of sleep-related problems.
On October 4, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction. Plaintiffs ask that Defendants be enjoined from subjecting them and all of their fellow inmates to light 24 hours a day, and from disciplining Plaintiffs and all of their fellow inmates for covering the lights in their cells. On January 20, 2006, after an extension of time by Magistrate Judge…