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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

DAVID MAURICE GOMEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

WARDEN A. K. SCRIBNER, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:03-CV-6290-OWW-LJO-P

ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS TO

SHOW CAUSE WITHIN FIVE DAYS WHY

LATE FILED DECLARATIONS SHOULD

NOT BE STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD

(Docs. 57 and 59)

Plaintiff David Maurice Gomez (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The deadline for filing pre-trial dispositive motions was

July 19, 2005, and defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on that date. (Docs. 53, 55, 56.)

On July 27, 2005, defendants filed the declaration of defendant Saddi in support of their motion, and

on August 1, 2005, defendants filed the declaration of defendant Scribner in support of their motion.

(Docs. 57, 59.) Neither late filed declaration was accompanied by either a request for leave to file

the declaration late or a statement of explanation concerning the late filing of the declaration.

Defendants may not, after the filing of a motion, continue to supplement the motion without

leave of court and without explanation. Once a motion is filed, the opposing party and the court need

to be able to rely on the motion being complete within itself. A system in which any party may

continue to supplement their filings without leave of court and without explanation would be

unworkable.

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Accordingly, defendants have five (5) days from the date of service of this order to show

cause why the late filed declarations should not be stricken from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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