Loterzstain

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHELDON RAY NEWSOME, Case No. 2:19-cv-00307-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE

v. ECF No. 151 M. LOTERZSTAIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a request that asks the court to take judicial notice a medical note from 17 the Bakersfield Neuroscience & Spine Institute, two letters from the Prison Law Office, and 18 several articles from certain websites, including Wikipedia. ECF No. 151. Defendant opposes 19 plaintiff’s request, arguing that the documents are subject to reasonable dispute. ECF No. 152. 20 The documents are not properly subject to judicial notice, and so I will deny plaintiff’s motion. 21 A court may take judicial notice of a fact that is “not subject to reasonable dispute,” either 22 “because it is generally known within the court’s territorial jurisdiction,” or because it “can be 23 accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be 24 questioned.” Fed. R. Evid. 201(b). The…