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Case 1 :04-cv-01422-GIVIS Document 31 Filed 10/07/2005 Page 1 of 2
1N THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
JEROME K. HAMILTON, a.k.a. )
CHEIKH AHMED ELOHIM, )
Plaintiff, g
v. g Civil Action No. 04-1422 GMS
CATHY L. GUESSFORD, REBECCA g
MCBRIDE, ROBERT F. SNYDER, )
THOMAS L. CARROLL, and STANLEY )
W. TAYLOR, Jr. )
Defendants. g
ORDER
WHEREAS, on November 5, 2004, Jerome K. Hamilton ("Hamilton") filed this pro se civil
rights action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against Cathy Guessford ("Guessford"), Rebecca
McBride ("McBride"), Robert Snyder ("Snyder"), Thomas Carroll, ("Carroll"), and Stanley Taylor,
Jr. ("Taylor");
WHEREAS, on June 29, 2005, Hamilton filed a letter (D.I. 27) requesting the court to take
judicial notice of certain facts contained in the letter;
WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Evidence ("FRE") 201 govems judicial notice and provides,
in pertinent part that a court may take notice of a fact that is "not subject to reasonable dispute in that
it is either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of
accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be
questioned." Fed. R. Evid. 201(b); and

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WHEREAS, the facts of which Hamilton asks the court to take judicial notice do not meet
either ofthe requirements set forth in FRE 201;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The plaintiff" s letter request for judicial notice (D.I. 27) is DENIED.
Dated: October 7 , 2005
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