Cababe

(PC) Carrasco v. Cababe

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaSeptember 28, 20201:19-cv-00724California345 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD CARRASCO, Case No. 1:19-cv-00724-NONE-JDP

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST FOR TELEPHONE ACCESS TO

v. CONFER WITH HIS ATTORNEYS

JOHNNY CABABE, et al., ECF No.

Defendants. ORDER THAT THE CLERK OF COURT

SERVE A COPY OF THIS ORDER ON THE

LITIGATION COORDINATOR AT

PLAINTIFF’S FACILITY

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner with counsel, has moved for a court order giving him access to two confidential phone calls with his attorneys, the first scheduled to occur on October 14, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. and the second on October 28, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. ECF No. 42. In the court’s experience, it is typically not necessary to issue a writ for telephonic conferences between lawyers and their clients. This is because “prisoners have a Sixth Amendment right to confer privately with counsel,” Mangiaracina v. Penzone, 849 F.3d 1191, 1196 (9th Cir. 2017), and “a…

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