Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_09-cv-00833/USCOURTS-caed-2_09-cv-00833-4/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLOS PERFINO and JESS ZURANICH, )

)

Plaintiffs, ) 2:09-cv-00833-GEB-KJM

)

v. ) ORDER SCHEDULING BRIEFING ON

) ISSUES RAISED SUA SPONTE BY 

STEVE HARDY, DIRECTOR; ELIZABETH ) THE COURT AND A FURTHER

GAVIA; LORI AJAX, JUAN G. AYALA, ) HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

and HERIBERTO GARCIA, ) TO DISMISS

) 

Defendants. )

)

The State defendants shall respond in a filing due no later

than 4:00 p.m. on March 4, 2010, to the documents plaintiffs filed on

December 23, 2009 and December 30, 2009. Plaintiffs assert in those

documents that the State defendants have changed their position on

whether 4 CCR Section 62 applies to correctional officers. A further

hearing on the pending dismissal motion is scheduled below so that

this issue could be discussed. 

Moreover, this case was fully scheduled in part because

plaintiffs failed to inform the court in their status report, on which

the judge relied before determining how to schedule the case, that two

of the defendants had not been served. Plaintiffs indicated in

response to a Rule 4(m) Notice issued after the judge discovered this

failure that they tried to serve Juan G. Ayala, one of these unserved

defendants, in April 2009, and then later in the last two weeks of

December 2009. Plaintiffs have now had even more time to serve Ayala,

but there is no indication in the record that he has been served. 

Since almost a year has passed since this case was filed, and

plaintiffs still have not served Ayala, plaintiffs shall explain at

Case 2:09-cv-00833-GEB -KJM Document 47 Filed 02/26/10 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2

the hearing scheduled below why Ayala should not be dismissed without

prejudice. Further, no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 4, 2010,

plaintiffs shall file supporting authority showing the legal viability

of their sixth claim, in which they allege defendant Juan G. Ayala

aided and abetted other defendants in those defendants violation of

plaintiffs’ federal civil rights. 

The hearing on these matters shall commence at 9:00 a.m. on

March 11, 2010.

Dated: February 26, 2010

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

Case 2:09-cv-00833-GEB -KJM Document 47 Filed 02/26/10 Page 2 of 2