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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

CAYETANO MELENDEZ,

Plaintiff,

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HUNT, et al.,

 Defendants.

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1:13-cv-00279-AWI-BAM (PC)

SUA SPONTE ORDER GRANTING 

PLAINTIFF EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

FILE OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SIXTY-DAY (60) DEADLINE

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Plaintiff Cayetano Melendez (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s second 

amended complaint against Defendant Hunt for excessive force, inhumane conditions of 

confinement and deliberate indifference to serious medical need in violation of the Eighth 

Amendment, and against Defendants Arriola and Cruz for failure to intervene in violation of the 

Eighth Amendment.

On December 11, 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 42.) 

Plaintiff’s opposition to that motion is currently due on or before January 4, 2016. Local Rule 

230(l). Plaintiff has not yet filed any opposition.

On December 24, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion for emergency appointment of counsel. 

(ECF No. 43.) Due to the complexities of the matters raised in Defendants’ motion for summary 

judgment and the issues raised by Plaintiff in his motion, the Court is carefully considering 

Plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel. Plaintiff’s motion may not be resolved by the 

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Court before the imminent deadline for him to file any opposition to the pending summary 

judgment motion. Consequently, the Court on its own motion will grant a sixty-day (60) 

extension of time to Plaintiff to file any opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary 

judgment.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff is GRANTED an extension of 

time to file an opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment until no later than sixty 

(60) days after the date of service of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 29, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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