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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

KEVIN E. FIELDS, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

P. PATTERSON, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:10-cv-01700-LJO-EPG-PC

ORDER VACATING MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT FROM COURT’S 

CALENDAR

(ECF No. 67.)

Kevin Fields (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 7, 2015, Defendant

Patterson filed a motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 67.) On March 24, 2016, the Court 

stayed the motion for summary judgment under Local Rule 151, pending resolution of 

Defendant’s motion for an order requiring security, filed on February 2, 2016.1 (ECF No. 110.) 

On August 18, 2016, Plaintiff’s motion for an order requiring security was granted, and 

Plaintiff was granted thirty days in which to post security in the amount of $7,905.00. (ECF 

No. 119.) The motion for summary judgment remains stayed until ten days after the security 

has been posted and Defendant has been given written notice thereof. Under this schedule, the 

 

1 The Court ordered that “Defendant’s obligation to reply to Plaintiff’s opposition to summary 

judgment be stayed until ten days after the required security has been posted and Defendant has been given written 

notice thereof, or from the date the District Court declines to adopt these findings and recommendations.” (ECF 

No. 110 at 21:9-12.) 

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motion for summary judgment shall not be ripe for ruling under Local Rule 230(l) until 

sometime after September 30, 2016. 

In light of 28 U.S.C. § 476(a)(1), the Civil Justice Reform Act, the hearing on the 

motion and the motion itself for summary judgment is HEREBY DEEMED VACATED from 

the Court’s calendar until such time as the motion for order requiring security is resolved.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 19, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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