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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Ramona Lopez, 

Plaintiff, 

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John E. Potter,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 05-1794-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Defendant has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 47) pursuant to Rule

56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

The Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment seeks to have your case dismissed.

A motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will,

if granted, end your case.

Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a motion for summary

judgment. Generally, summary judgment must be granted when there is no genuine issue

of material fact – that is, if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the result

of your case, the party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter

of law, which will end your case. When a party you are suing makes a motion for summary

judgment that is properly supported by declarations (or other sworn testimony), you cannot

simply rely on what your complaint says. Instead, you must set out specific facts in

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declarations, depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated documents, as provided

in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts shown in the Defendant’s declarations and documents

and show that there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. If you do not submit your

own evidence in opposition, summary judgment, if appropriate, may be entered against you.

If summary judgment is granted, your case will be dismissed and there will be no trial.

Rule 56.1(b) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure also requires that you include with

your response to the Motion for Summary Judgment a separate statement of facts in

opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment. Your separate statement of facts must

include numbered paragraphs corresponding to the Defendant’s (“moving party’s”) separate

statement of facts:

(b) Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment shall file a

statement, separate from that party’s memorandum of law, setting forth: (1)

for each paragraph of the moving party’s separate statement of facts, a

correspondingly numbered paragraph indicating whether the party disputes

the statement of fact set forth in that paragraph and a reference to the

specific admissible portion of the record supporting the party’s position [for

example, affidavit, deposition, discovery response, etc.] if the fact is

disputed; and (2) any additional facts that establish a genuine issue of

material fact or otherwise preclude judgment in favor of the moving party. 

Each additional fact shall be set forth in a separately numbered paragraph

and shall refer to a specific admissible portion of the record where the fact

finds support. Each numbered paragraph of the statement of facts set forth

in the moving party's separate statement of facts shall, unless otherwise

ordered, be deemed admitted for purposes of the motion for summary

judgment if not specifically controverted by a correspondingly numbered

paragraph in the opposing party’s separate statement of facts.

LRCiv 56.1(b). You must also cite to the specific paragraph in your statement of facts

that supports any factual claims you make in your memorandum of law:

(e) Memoranda of law filed in support of or in opposition to a

motion for summary judgment, including reply memoranda, shall include

citations to the specific paragraph in the statement of facts that supports

factual assertions made in the memoranda.

LR.Civ 56.1(e). 

Additionally, Rule 7.2(e) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure provides:

Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a motion including its supporting

memorandum, and the response including its supporting memorandum, each

shall not exceed seventeen (17) pages, exclusive of attachments and any

required statement of facts. Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a

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1 Plaintiff’s pending submissions do not amount to a response under the federal or

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reply including its supporting memorandum shall not exceed eleven (11)

pages, exclusive of attachments.

LRCiv 7.2(e). Finally, Rule 7.2(I) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure provides:

If a motion does not conform in all substantial respects with the

requirements of this Local Rule, or if the unrepresented party or

counsel does not serve and file the required answering memoranda, or

if the unrepresented party or counsel fails to appear at the time and

place assigned for oral argument, such non-compliance may be deemed

a consent to the denial or granting of the motion and the Court may

dispose of the motion summarily.

LRCiv 7.2(I).

You must timely respond to all motions. The Court may, in its discretion, treat

your failure to respond to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment as a consent to the

granting of that Motion without further notice, and judgment may be entered dismissing

this action with prejudice pursuant to Rule 7.2(I) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. 

See Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam).

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff must file a response1

 to Defendant’s Motion for

Summary Judgment, together with a separate Statement of Facts and supporting

affidavits or other appropriate exhibits, no later than Friday, April 18, 2008.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant may file a reply within 15 days

after service of Plaintiff’s response.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment will be

deemed ready for decision without oral argument on the day following the date set for

filing a reply unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

DATED this 18th day of March, 2008.

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