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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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1 These Defendants include the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and Maricopa County Correctional Health Services (see

Doc. #36, at 2).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Leonard Deon Irvin, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et

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Defendants.

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No. CV 07-0623-PHX-RCB

ORDER

The Maricopa County Defendants have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 (Doc. #39).1

 The Court is responsible for

making a pro se prisoner “aware of the requirements and consequences” of a motion for

summary judgment. Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 960 (9th Cir. 1998). In particular, a

prisoner must be “‘informed of his or her right to file counter-affidavits or other responsive

evidentiary materials and be alerted to the fact that failure to do so might result in the entry

of . . . judgment against the prisoner.’” Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1114 n. 6 (9th Cir.

2003). A prisoner should be notified that if he “fails to controvert the moving party with

opposing counter-affidavits or other evidence, the moving party’s evidence might be taken

as the truth, and final judgment may be entered against the prisoner.” Id.

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NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT

The Motion for Summary Judgment seeks to have your excessive force claims

dismissed (Doc. #39). A motion for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 56 will, if granted, end your case with respect to these claims.

Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a motion for summary

judgment. Generally, summary judgment must be granted when there is no genuine issue of

material fact—that is, if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the result of

your case, the party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter of

law, which will end your case as to the respective claims. When a party you are suing makes

a motion for summary judgment that is properly supported by declarations (or other sworn

testimony), you cannot simply rely on what your complaint says. Instead, you must set out

specific facts in declarations, depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated

documents, as provided in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts shown in the Defendants’

declarations and documents and show that there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial.

If you do not submit your own evidence in opposition, summary judgment, if appropriate,

may be entered against you. If summary judgment is granted, your claims will be dismissed.

Local Rule of Civil Procedure 56.1(b) also requires that you include with your

response to the Motion for Summary Judgment a separate statement of facts in opposition

to the Motion for Summary Judgment. Your separate statement of facts must include

numbered paragraphs corresponding to the Defendants’ (“moving party’s”) separate

statement of facts:

(b) Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment shall file a

statement, separate from that party’s memorandum of law, setting forth: (1) for

each paragraph of the moving party’s separate statement of facts, a

correspondingly numbered paragraph indicating whether the party disputes the

statement of fact set forth in that paragraph and a reference to the specific

admissible portion of the record supporting the party’s position [for example,

affidavit, deposition, discovery response, etc.] if the fact is disputed; and

(2) any additional facts that establish a genuine issue of material fact or

otherwise preclude judgment in favor of the moving party. Each additional

fact shall be set forth in a separately numbered paragraph and shall refer to a

specific admissible portion of the record where the fact finds support. Each

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numbered paragraph of the statement of facts set forth in the moving party’s

separate statement of facts shall, unless otherwise ordered, be deemed admitted

for purposes of the motion for summary judgment if not specifically

controverted by a correspondingly numbered paragraph in the opposing party’s

separate statement of facts.

LRCiv 56.1(a). You must also cite to the specific paragraph in your statement of facts that

supports any factual claims you make in your memorandum of law:

(e) Memoranda of law filed in support of or in opposition to a motion

for summary judgment, including reply memoranda, shall include citations to

the specific paragraph in the statement of facts that supports factual assertions

made in the memoranda.

LR.Civ 56.1(e). 

Additionally, Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7.2(e) provides:

Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a motion including its supporting

memorandum, and the response including its supporting memorandum, each

shall not exceed seventeen (17) pages, exclusive of attachments and any

required statement of facts. Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a reply

including its supporting memorandum shall not exceed eleven (11) pages,

exclusive of attachments.

LRCiv 7.2(e). Finally, Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7.2(i) provides:

If a motion does not conform in all substantial respects with the requirements

of this Local Rule, or if the unrepresented party or counsel does not serve and

file the required answering memoranda, or if the unrepresented party or

counsel fails to appear at the time and place assigned for oral argument, such

non-compliance may be deemed a consent to the denial or granting of the

motion and the Court may dispose of the motion summarily.

LRCiv 7.2(i).

You must timely respond to all motions. The Court may, in its discretion, treat your

failure to respond to the Motion for Summary Judgment as a consent to the granting of that

motion without further notice, and judgment may be entered dismissing the excessive force

claims with prejudice pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7.2(i). See Brydges v.

Lewis, 18 F.3d 651 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam). 

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Within 30 days from the date this Order is filed, Plaintiff must file a response to

Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. #39), together with a separate Statement

of Facts and supporting affidavits or other appropriate exhibits.

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(2) Defendants may file a reply within 15 days after service of Plaintiff’s response.

(3) The Motion for Summary Judgment will be deemed ready for decision without

oral argument on the day following the date set for filing a reply unless otherwise ordered

by the Court.

Dated this 24th day of March, 2008.

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