Free Order - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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Jay Jeffers,

) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Officer Ortega, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ______________________________)

CV 04-572-PHX-MHM (MS)

ORDER

Before the Court is Defendants' Response to Plaintiff's Motion/Request for Court
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Order to Receive Legal Civil Court Papers and Legal Mail" (Doc. # 67) and Plaintiff's
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response thereto (Doc. # 74). Defendants response was filed in response to the Court's
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August 17, 2005 Order (Doc. # 59), in which the Court ordered Defendants to
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investigate Plaintiff's claims that he is not receiving his legal paperwork or writing
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materials. Defendants state to the Court that Plaintiff is receiving writing materials, as
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evidenced by Plaintiff's several, recent motions filed with the Court. Defendants further
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state that Pinal County policy is that Plaintiff may only receive his mail through the jail
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mail system, not through his sister.
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The Court finds that Plaintiff has demonstrated that he has access to writing
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materials, as evidenced by his numerous, recent filings in the case. Further, it is not
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unreasonable, for security reasons, for Pinal County to require that legal mail be
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properly forwarded to the jail, and not hand-delivered. Therefore, the Court considers
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Plaintiff's claims regarding writing materials and legal mail resolved. No further motions
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regarding such claims shall be filed by Plaintiff without Plaintiff first seeking leave of Court to do so. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 23rd day of September, 2005.

Case 2:04-cv-00572-MHM-LOA

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Filed 09/23/2005

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