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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

VERNON WAYNE McNEAL,

Plaintiff,

v.

F. LECKIE; A. ERVIN; ROY 

CHATHAM, substituted party 

for C. CHATHAM, deceased; and 

D. VAN LEER;

Defendants.

*

No. 2:05-cv-00441-GEB-EFB

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE 

On February 8, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion in which 

he requests a continuance of the February 23, 2016 trial date. 

(Pl.’s Mot. Req. Continuance, ECF No 254.) Plaintiff filed a 

declaration in support of his motion, in which he avers in 

relevant part:

On February 2, 2016[, I] was 

transfer[ed] to Centi[nela] State Prison.

. . . . 

[I am] not prepare[d] to go to trial on 

February 23, 2016[.] Plaintiff still ha[s] to 

exchange exhibits with defendants . . . .

. . . . 

Plaintiff is still having double vision, 

headache[s,] and blurr[iness] all the time. 

 

* The caption has been amended to reflect the correct spelling of 

Defendant Leckie’s last name and according to the substitution of Roy Chatham 

for Defendant C. Chatham, deceased. (See Order, Jan. 12, 2016, ECF No. 242.)

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Doctors here are trying to fix the problem 

with eyeglasses but it’s not working. Reading 

and writing for long period[s] of time make[] 

the double vision worse and I cannot focus 

and concentrate on what I am doing. . . . 

[I] also have to get establish[ed] here 

at this prison and start receiving law 

library.

(Pl.’s Decl. && 4, 6, 8, ECF No. 254 (paragraph numbers 

omitted).)

In light of Plaintiff’s referenced averments, 

Plaintiff’s continuance motion is granted. See United States v. 

Pope, 841 F.2d 954, 956 (9th Cir. 1988) (listing prejudice to the 

movant as a factor to be considered in deciding whether to grant 

a continuance); accord Reynolds v. Gerstel, 624 F. App’x 552, 523 

(9th Cir. 2015) (applying the same factors in a civil case). 

Trial is rescheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on February 28, 

2017.

Further, the January 7, 2016 writ of habeas corpus 

issued for Alfred Rollings, CDCR# P24726, (ECF No. 240), and the 

February 3, 2016 amended writ of habeas corpus issued for Vernon 

Wayne McNeal, CDCR# P34419, (ECF No. 250), are VACATED.

Dated: February 9, 2016

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