(PC) Pollard v. Harrington, No. 1:2009cv01232 - Document 32 (E.D. Cal. 2011)
Court Description: FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS recommending that 30 Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Defendants to Return Plaintiff's Legal Materials be DENIED re 21 First Amended Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint, signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 7/28/2011. Referred to Judge O'Neill. Objections to F&R due within thirty (30) days. (Jessen, A)
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(PC) Pollard v. Harrington Doc. 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JERRY EMANUEL POLLARD, CASE NO. 1:09-cv-1232-LJO-MJS (PC) 9 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL DEFENDANTS’ RETURN OF LEGAL MATERIALS 10 v. 11 K. HARRINGTON, et al., 12 (ECF No. 30) Defendants. 13 / 14 15 Plaintiff Jerry Emanuel Pollard (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and 16 in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court 17 is Plaintiff’s Motion entitled “Injunctive Relief - Motion to Compel Defendants to Return 18 Plaintiff’s Legal Materials.” (ECF No. 30.) Plaintiff asks the Court to order prison officials 19 to return property that was seized when he was placed in administrative segregation for 20 refusing to accept a cell-mate. (Id.) 21 A plaintiff seeking injunctive relief is required to “show that he is under threat of 22 suffering an ‘injury in fact’ that is concrete and particularized; the threat must be actual and 23 imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; it must be fairly traceable to challenged conduct 24 of the defendant; and it must be likely that a favorable judicial decision will prevent or 25 redress the injury.” Summers v. Earth Island Institute, 555 U.S. 488, 129 S. Ct. 1142, 1149 26 (2009) (citation omitted). 27 Plaintiff is proceeding under his First Amended Complaint. (Resp., ECF No. 29.) 28 It was signed by Plaintiff on May 26, 2010 and filed on June 4, 2010. (ECF No. 21.) Dockets.Justia.com 1 Plaintiff asks the Court to remedy constitutional violations that allegedly occurred during 2 a period from 2007 through early 2009. (Id.) The instant Motion alleges that Plaintiff’s 3 personal property was seized on or about June 5, 2010, well after the events underlying 4 this action occurred. (ECF No. 30.) Thus, even if Plaintiff succeeds on the merits of his 5 Complaint in this action, such success would not entitle him to the return of property seized 6 after this action was initiated. 7 Because the events complained of in the instant Motion occurred after the filing of 8 this action, the Court lacks jurisdiction to issue the order sought by Plaintiff. See Summers, 9 129 S. Ct. at 1149 (denying relief when favorable judicial decision would not redress the 10 injury). Because a favorable judicial decision would not redress the injury alleged in the 11 instant Motion, Plaintiff is not entitled to injunctive relief. Id. 12 Moreover, even if such timing were not an issue, Plaintiff has failed to allege an 13 actual injury that is concrete and particularized. To the extent that Plaintiff is being denied 14 access to legal materials, he has failed to show that such denial has caused him a 15 particular harm or hampered his ability to prosecute this lawsuit. Plaintiff has met all of the 16 deadlines imposed on him by the Court thus far, even those coming after his property was 17 seized. 18 19 20 21 Thus, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to allege an injury that is concrete, particularized, and can be redressed by the Court in this action. Accordingly, it is RECOMMENDED that Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Defendants to Return Plaintiff’s Legal Materials (ECF No. 30) be DENIED. 22 This Findings and Recommendation is submitted to the assigned United States 23 District Court Judge, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Rule 24 72-304 of the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District 25 of California. Within thirty (30) days after being served with a copy, any party may file 26 written objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should 27 be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendation.” The 28 Court will then review the Magistrate Judge's ruling pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). -2- 1 The parties are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive 2 the right to appeal the District Court's order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir.1991). 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Dated: ci4d6 July 28, 2011 Michael J. Seng /s/ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3-
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