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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Anthony Merrick, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

Inmate Legal Services, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. CV-13-01094-PHX-SPL (BSB)

 O R D E R 

 This matter is before the Court on its own review. Plaintiff commenced this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 30, 2013 (Doc. 1) and filed an 

amended complaint on September 8, 2013. (Doc. 8.) The Court directed Defendant 

Lillie to answer, in part, Plaintiff’s amended complaint. (Doc. 10.) After Defendant 

Lillie filed an answer (Doc. 12), the Court issued a Scheduling Order setting a June 23, 

2014 discovery deadline and an August 20, 2014 dispositive motion deadline. (Doc. 14 

at 1-3.) The day after the Court issued the Scheduling Order, Plaintiff filed a motion for 

summary judgment and a statement of facts. (Docs. 15 and 16.) 

 Plaintiff filed his motion for summary judgment over five months before the 

discovery deadline, and seven months before the dispositive motion deadline. 

Considering the procedural posture of this case at the time Plaintiff filed his motion for 

summary judgment, that motion was prematurely filed and the Court denies it without 

prejudice to refiling by the August 20, 2014 deadline. 

 Accordingly, 

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IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 15) is 

DENIED as premature without prejudice to refiling. 

 Dated this 3rd day of July, 2014.

Honorable Steven P. Logan

United States District Judge

 

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