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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NO. CIV.S-03-1658 LKK DAD PS

ex rel. GENE L. ROGERS, M.D.,

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al.,

Defendants.

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Pursuant to defendants’ request, the Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Order in this case recently was modified to extend the

last day for law and motion to be heard to January 13, 2006. While

defendants have yet to file a motion for summary judgment, they have

expressed an intention to do so and to notice that motion for hearing

on the last day for law and motion to be heard.

On November 15, 2005, plaintiff Gene L. Rogers, M.D., who

is proceeding pro se, filed a request that defendants be required to

file and serve their motion for summary judgment by December 2, 2005,

so that plaintiff has ample time to respond to the motion. Plaintiff

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appears to be under the erroneous impression that defendants have up

to and including January 3, 2006, to file their motion for summary

judgment which would give plaintiff only a little over a week to

respond to the motion.

Having considered plaintiff’s request, as well as

defendants’ recently filed opposition to the request, the court

perceives no reason why defendants’ forthcoming motion for summary

judgment should not be filed, served, noticed for hearing and briefed

in accordance with the time limits set forth in Local Rule 78-230. 

Among other things, that rule requires defendants to file their

motion approximately one month prior to the desired hearing date. 

See L.R. 78-230(a)(“The matter shall be set for hearing on the motion

calendar of the Judge or Magistrate Judge to whom the action has been

assigned or before whom the motion is to be heard, not less than

twenty-eight (28) days after personal service and filing of the

motion or not less than thirty-one (31) days after mailed or

electronic service and filing of the motion.”). The Local Rules

provide the parties with sufficient time to prepare for the hearing

on defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s November

15, 2005, request is denied.

DATED: November 18, 2005.

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