Chau

(PC) Johnson v. Chau

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaJanuary 27, 20202:16-cv-01536California432 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM JOHNSON, No. 2: 16-cv-1536 JAM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. CHAU, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 21, 2019, plaintiff filed a motion for temporary restraining order against law library staff at Mule Creek State Prison, requiring them to comply with California Administrative Law to provide plaintiff with the legal materials needed to file objections to the pending findings and recommendations. Specifically, plaintiff complains that his jailhouse assistant has been unable to obtain the Lexis citation for Renfro v. Clark-Barlow, 2019 WL 4670250 (E.D. Cal. 2019), and other cases cited in the findings and recommendations with only Westlaw citations, preventing him from filing objections. Apparently Mule Creek State Prison only uses Lexis. In order to assist plaintiff in timely filing his…

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