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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DERWIN GRANT,

Plaintiff,

 v.

AFNI INC.,

Defendant. /

No. 07-02850 CW

ORDER CONTINUING

MOTION HEARING

AND SETTING

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

On June 6, 2007, Defendant filed a Motion for Judgment on the

Pleadings. On June 11, 2007, Defendant renoticed the motion for

hearing on August 2, 2007, before this Court. Pro se Plaintiff’s

opposition to the motion was due July 12, 2007. Plaintiff has not

filed any opposition to the motion. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing on Defendant’s Motion

for Judgment on the Pleadings is continued to September 6, 2007, at

2:00 p.m. Plaintiff’s opposition to the motion will be due August

16, 2007, and any reply by Defendant will be due August 23, 2007. 

If Plaintiff fails to file an opposition by August 16, 2007, the

Court will decide the motion on the record before it.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) provides, "After the

pleadings are closed but within such time as not to delay the

trial, any party may move for judgment on the pleadings." Judgment

on the pleadings is proper when the moving party clearly

establishes on the face of the pleadings that no material issue of

fact remains to be resolved and that it is entitled to judgment as

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a matter of law. Hal Roach Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner & Co.,

Inc., 896 F.2d 1542, 1550 (9th Cir. 1990). In considering a motion

for judgment on the pleadings, the Court must accept the

allegations of the non-moving party as true; the allegations of the

moving party which have been denied are assumed to be false. Id.

A motion for judgment on the pleadings is a request for an

order of judgment, without a trial, in favor of the party bringing

the motion, Defendant here. In such a motion, the party moving for 

judgment on the pleadings argues that the pleadings do not state

facts that, if taken as true, entitle Plaintiff to relief. In

other words, Defendant will be arguing that there does not need to

be a trial in the case against it because the allegations in the

complaint do not establish a legal claim against it. 

Plaintiff is reminded that if he does not file and serve a

written opposition, the Court may deem this failure to act to be

consent to the granting of Defendant’s Motion for Judgment on the

Pleadings.

This notice shall constitute the only such notice from the

Court concerning the Defendant’s motion. The Court will not

provide any further information regarding the 

interpretation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) and will

not answer unsolicited questions about the applicable rules of

procedure.

7/26/07

Dated 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANT et al,

Plaintiff,

 v.

AFNI INC. et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-02850 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court,

Northern District of California.

That on July 26, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said copy(ies)

in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in

the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's

office.

Derwin Grant

245 Henry Street

San Francisco, CA 94114

Jeffrey A. Topor

Tomio Buck Narita

Simmonds & Narita LLP

44 Montgomery St., Ste 3010

San Francisco, CA 94104-4816

Dated: July 26, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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