Denning
(PC) Cato v. Denning
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES CATO, JR., No. 1:19-cv-00951-NONE-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DENYING
v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR CIVIL
CONTEMPT
M. DENNING, et al., (Doc. Nos. 28, 31) Defendants.
17 Plaintiff James Cato, Jr., an inmate appearing pro se and in forma pauperis, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several state correctional officers for violating his First Amendment rights. (Doc. No. 1.) Plaintiff now moves to hold defendants in civil contempt for violating a permanent injunction issued in Clement v. California Dep’t of Corr., 220 F. Supp. 2d 1098 (N.D. Cal. 2002), which was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit in Clement v. California Dep’t of Corr., 364 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2004). This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On April 16, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge found that defendants did…