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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL

Case No. 2:10-CV-2427VAP Date: November 18, 2015 

Title: DENNIS GERALD CLAIBORNE -v- BLAUSER, ET. AL.

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PRESENT: HONORABLE VIRGINIA A. PHILLIPS, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

Marva Dillard None Present

Courtroom Deputy Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR

PLAINTIFFS:

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR

DEFENDANTS:

None None

PROCEEDINGS: MINUTE ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR

JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW (IN CHAMBERS)

On October 29, 2015, Plaintiff Dennis Claiborne ("Plaintiff") filed a Motion for

Judgment as a Matter of Law ("Motion") under Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b). (Doc. 189). 

Under Rule 50(b), a party may move for judgment as a matter of law, so long as he

moved for judgment previously "at the close of all the evidence" and before

"submission of the case to the jury." See Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a); Janes v. Wal-Mart

Stores, Inc., 279 F.3d 883, 886-87 (9th Cir. 2002). 

Here, Plaintiff did not move for judgment as a matter of law "before the case

[was] submitted to the jury." See Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a). Although he has previously

moved for judgment as a matter of law (See Docs. 86, 175), he did so well before 

trial and before the "close of all the evidence." See Janes, 279 F.3d at 887. The

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DENNIS GERALD CLAIBORNE V. BLAUSER, ET. AL.

MINUTE ORDER of November 18, 2015

Court has also considered Plaintiff's Motion on the merits and finds that he is not

entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Accordingly, the Court DENIES Plaintiff's

Rule 50(b) Motion.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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