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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHAWN GREGSON,

NO. CIV. S-04-00873

Plaintiff, WBS GGH

v. ORDER

MANTECA POLICE DEPARTMENT;

OFFICER DOTY, OFFICER MULLER,

OFFICER SCHULER, OFFICER 

PETERS, OFFICER RENFROE, each

individually and as a Manteca

Police Officer and DOES 1-100,

 

Defendants.

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The court is in receipt of Defendants’ Ex Parte Motion

for Continuance filed today. The motion is based upon the

unfortunate and sudden illness of Officer Kirk Doty’s mother,

occasioned by a stroke. Counsel advises that Officer Doty is

traveling today to the State of Washington to be with his

mother.

While the court is sympathetic with Officer Doty’s

family situation, it cannot continue the trial of this case. As

noted when the court denied plaintiff’s earlier request for a

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continuance, the court’s calendar simply does not allow for

continuance in this case. This court has the heaviest caseload

per judge of any district in the United States, even before one

of the four active judges in Sacramento resigned at the end of

last month. It is accordingly imperative that cases be tried

when the court has the time to do so. The court has set aside

the weeks of July 10 through 13, and July 24 through 27, 2007

for the trial of this case. A panel of jurors has already been

summoned to appear tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. If the trial

were to be continued, there is no telling when the court would

be able to hear it.

The court can accommodate Officer Doty by taking his

testimony out of order on any one of the following dates: July

11, 12, or 13, or July 24, 25, or 26. Since he is going to

Washington on July 9, 2007, that means he will be able to be

with his mother for a number of days before returning to

Sacramento to testify. There are regular flights between

Sacramento and Seattle, so that he would only have to be here on

one or two days at the most, and could return to Washington

after completion of his testimony. Alternatively, his

deposition might be used in lieu of his testimony.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendants’ motion for a

continuance be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.

DATED: July 9, 2007

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