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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDIN ADGUSTO CHACON,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. GALLIAN, sergeant; et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-4880 SI (pr)

ORDER 

A. Scheduling For Motion For Summary Judgment

The court ordered service of process in this action and set a briefing schedule for

dispositive motions many months ago. Defendants filed a "notice that this case could not be

resolved by dispositive motion at this time" on October 4, 2006. The court then set a case

management conference and required the parties to file case management statements. (The

conference was cancelled when plaintiff failed to provide a telephone number at which he could

be reached and failed to provide a case management conference statement. At the time, plaintiff

was out of custody, but he has since returned to prison.) In their case management statement,

defendants indicated a desire to file a motion for summary judgment and take plaintiff's

deposition. See Defendants' Case Management Statement, p. 2. The court now will set a

briefing schedule for defendants to file a motion for summary judgment that will allow sufficient

time for defendants to depose plaintiff before they file the motion:

1. Defendants must file and serve their motion for summary judgment no later than

November 9, 2007. 

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2. Plaintiff must file and serve on defense counsel his opposition to the motion for

summary judgment no later than December 21, 2007. 

3. Defendants must file and serve their reply brief, if any, no later than January 11,

2008.

B. Plaintiff's Motions

Plaintiff has filed a motion for appointment of counsel. A district court has discretion

under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) to designate counsel to represent an indigent civil litigant in

exceptional circumstances. See Wilborn v. Escalderon, 789 F.2d 1328, 1331 (9th Cir. 1986).

This requires evaluation of both the likelihood of success on the merits and the ability of the

plaintiff to articulate his claims pro se in light of the complexity of the legal issues involved. See

id. Neither of these factor is dispositive and both must be viewed together before deciding on

a request for counsel under section 1915(e)(1). Having considered both of these factors, the

court concludes that exceptional circumstances requiring the appointment of counsel are not

evident in this case. The motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED. (Docket # 29.)

Plaintiff has filed document entitled "motion for briefing & trial date." The motion is

DENIED. (Docket # 28.) Because defendants have expressed an interest in filing a motion for

summary judgment, the court will not set a trial date unless and until plaintiff's case survives

that motion.

Plaintiff is reminded that he must promptly file and serve on defense counsel a notice of

change of address each time his address changes. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 21, 2007 ______________________

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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