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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

DWAYNE S. MONTGOMERY,

Plaintiff,

v.

I. SANCHEZ,

Defendant.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:13-cv-00247-LJO-DLB (PC)

ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S 

REQUEST FOR EARLY SETTING OF 

EVIDENTIARY HEARING

(Document 98)

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING 

DEFENDANT’S REQUEST FOR 

EVIDENTIARY HEARING

Hearing: October 7, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in 

Courtroom 6 (DLB)

Plaintiff Dwayne S. Montgomery, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on February 19, 2013. This action for 

damages is proceeding against Defendant I. Sanchez (“Defendant”) for excessive force in 

violation of the Eighth Amendment. The events at issue occurred at Kern Valley State Prison in 

Delano, California, and arise out of Defendant Sanchez’s alleged use of pepper spray on or about 

August 14, 2010.

Defendant previously filed a motion for summary judgment based on exhaustion. On 

August 24, 2014, the Court denied the motion after finding a disputed issue of material fact. The 

Court granted Defendant’s request for an evidentiary hearing on March 11, 2015, indicating that a 

hearing would be held on the first day set for trial. Trial is currently set for December 8, 2015.

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On August 28, 2015, Defendant filed a request to have the exhaustion issue heard earlier so 

as to save the Court and the parties from unnecessarily expending time and resources on the merits 

if the issues are unexhausted.

The Court agrees that the exhaustion issue should be heard at an earlier date. Albino v. 

Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1170-1171 (9th Cir. 2014). Accordingly, the Court AMENDS the March 

11, 2015, order as follows: October 7, 2015, hearing, 10:00 a.m., Courtroom 6 (DLB).

The hearing will be limited to the issue of whether Plaintiff submitted a CDC 602 within 

the 15-day window provided by the regulations, and whether it “was intercepted and destroyed by 

colleagues” of Defendant. The parties should be prepared to present evidence on this issue. The 

hearing will commence and conclude on October 7, 2015.

The Court further ORDERS: 

1. No later than September 14, 2015, the parties SHALL meet and confer, by 

telephone or in person, regarding the witnesses to be called and evidence to be 

presented at the hearing1;

2. No later than September 26, 2015, defense counsel SHALL file a statement setting 

forth the witnesses to be called and the documents to be presented at the hearing; 

and

3. Defense counsel SHALL provide four (4) copies of all exhibits to be used at the 

hearing to Judge Beck’s chambers no later than October 1, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 1, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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 Witnesses are limited to those qualified to provide relevant testimony on the exhaustion issues identified herein. 

Fed. R. Evid. 401, 402, 602, 701, 702.

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