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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

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AUKUSITINO AFAMASAGA, JR., 

Plaintiff,

 vs.

Officer TIMOTHY ALLEN; Officer

ROBERT ROBERTS; and CONTRA

COSTA SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-4779 WHA (PR)

ORDER REOPENING CASE AND

LIFTING STAY

This is a civil rights case filed pro se by a former inmate of the Contra Costa Jail. He

contends that the two remaining defendants, officers Allen and Roberts, beat him in the course

of arresting him. The case was stayed until completion of plaintiff's criminal case, as he was

representing himself there and wished to direct his time and efforts to it. Plaintiff has now

informed the Court that he was convicted, his case is now on appeal, and that he expects to have

counsel appointed. He moves to lift the stay. 

The motion to lift the stay (document number 28 on the docket) is GRANTED. The clerk

shall reopen this case. The stay is LIFTED.

1. In order to expedite resolution of this case, the court orders as follows:

a. No later than sixty days from the date of entry of this order, defendants shall

file a motion for summary judgment or other dispositive motion. The motion shall be supported

by adequate factual documentation and shall conform in all respects to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 56, and shall include as exhibits all records and incident reports stemming from the

events at issue. If defendants are of the opinion that this case cannot be resolved by summary

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judgment, they shall so inform the court prior to the date their summary judgment motion is due. 

All papers filed with the court shall be promptly served on the plaintiff.

b. Plaintiff's opposition to the dispositive motion, if any, shall be filed with the

court and served upon defendants no later than thirty days from the date of service of the

motion. If defendants file a motion for summary judgement, plaintiff should note the warnings

previously provided to him pursuant to Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 953-954 (9th Cir. 1998)

(en banc), and Klingele v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409, 411-12 (9th Cir. 1988).

If defendants file an unenumerated motion to dismiss claiming that plaintiff failed to

exhaust his available administrative remedies as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), plaintiff

should note of the warning headed “NOTICE -- WARNING (EXHAUSTION),” which was 

provided to him as required by Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1120 n. 4 (9th Cir. 2003).

c. If defendants wish to file a reply brief, they shall do so no later than fifteen

days after the date of service of the opposition. 

d. The motion shall be deemed submitted as of the date the reply brief is due. 

No hearing will be held on the motion unless the court so orders at a later date. 

2. It is the plaintiff's responsibility to prosecute this case. Plaintiff must keep the court

informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper with the clerk headed “Notice of

Change of Address.” Documents intended for filing in this case should be sent to the clerk, not

to the undersigned. Plaintiff also must comply with the court's orders in a timely fashion. 

Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant to

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16 , 2007. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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