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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Robert Hackworth, 

Plaintiff, 

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G.Torres; et al., 

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No. CV 06-0773-RCC

ORDER

Defendants have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. #33) pursuant to Rule

56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT1

The Defendants’ 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

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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

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

in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts shown in the Defendants’ 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 260 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 Defendants’ (“moving party’s”) separate

statement of facts.

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. L.R. 260(b).

 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. L.R. 260(b)

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 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. 

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.

Additionally, 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 reply including its supporting memorandum shall not exceed eleven (11) pages, exclusive

of attachments. Attachments shall exclude materials extraneous to genuine issues of material

fact or law.

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.

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

failure to respond to Defendants’ 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. See Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam).

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff must file a response to Defendants’ Motion for

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

or other appropriate exhibits, no later than March 10, 2010.

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

service of Plaintiff’s response.

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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 8th day of February, 2010.

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