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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH A. SHERMAN,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-04-2320 LKK EFB PS

vs.

CITY OF DAVIS, ORDER

Defendant.

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On March 8, 2007, defendant filed an ex parte request to extend the law and motion cutoff date by sixty days from April 25, 2007 to June 25, 2007. Defendant makes this motion in

light of the court’s recent sixty-day extension of the discovery cut-off date. Specifically,

defendant argues that without a similar extension of the law and motion deadline, defendant will

be denied the benefit of evidence produced during the extended discovery period for its motion

for summary judgment. 

Rule 56(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a defendant to move for

summary judgment at any time. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(b); Gifford v. Travelers Protective Ass’n, 153

F.2d 209, 211 (9th Cir. 1946) (“Where a defendant thinks that he is entitled to a judgment either

on pleadings or on basis of extrinsic facts established by affidavits, depositions, or stipulations,

he may at any time move with or without supporting affidavits for a summary judgment in his

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favor under the Rules.”). The moving party need only point to matters which demonstrate the

absence of a genuine material factual issue. See Celotex v. Cattret, 477 U.S. 317, 323-24 (1986). 

Further, as defendant points out, if additional discovery is needed to oppose summary judgment,

Rule 56(f) gives the court authority and discretion to permit such discovery. Thus, an extension

of the law and motion deadline is not automatically rendered necessary in light of an extension

of the discovery cutoff date. Nonetheless, in light of the recent leniency shown toward plaintiff

in permitting additional time for discovery, the court will extend similar consideration to

defendant. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. Defendant’s motion is granted and the law and motion deadline in the abovecaptioned case is extended from April 25, 2007 to June 25, 2007. 

2. The pretrial conference and trial dates set in the November 9, 2006, scheduling order

are vacated. Those dates will be reset, if appropriate, following disposition of any motion for

summary judgment.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 20, 2007.

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