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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES WANG,

Plaintiff,

v.

JERRY BROWN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 11-cv-05648-WHO 

ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING AND 

HEARING SCHEDULE ON MOTIONS 

TO DISMISS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 38, 44, 45

This order concerns the briefing and hearing schedule on the two motions to dismiss 

currently pending in this case, one filed by defendant Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California, 

and the other filed by defendant Dr. Jeffrey Beard, Secretary of the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation. Dkt. Nos. 38, 45.

Governor Brown filed his motion to dismiss on April 22, 2015. Dkt. No. 38. The motion

is aimed at Wang’s original complaint. Id. On April 17, 2015, however, Wang had filed – but had 

not served on Governor Brown – a first amended complaint. Dkt. No. 37. In his reply brief, 

Governor Brown states that the original complaint and the first amended complaint are materially 

identical with respect to the issues raised by the motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 44 at 2. He asks that 

I rule on the motion or, in the alternative, construe his reply brief as a motion to dismiss the first 

amended complaint and set an appropriate briefing and hearing schedule. Id. 

Dr. Beard filed his motion to dismiss on May 22, 2015, two days after Governor Brown 

filed his reply brief. Dkt. No. 45. The principal issues raised by Dr. Beard’s motion to dismiss are 

identical or substantially identical to those raised by Governor Brown’s. See id. The same 

attorneys from the Office of the Attorney General represent both Dr. Beard and Governor Brown.

In light of this procedural history, the briefing and hearing schedule on Governor Brown’s 

and Dr. Beard’s motions to dismiss is modified as follows:

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• Governor Brown’s motion to dismiss Wang’s original complaint, Dkt. No. 38, is 

DISMISSED AS MOOT. The June 3, 2015 hearing on that motion is VACATED. 

• Governor Brown’s reply brief, Dkt. No. 44, is construed as a motion to dismiss Wang’s

first amended complaint. 

• Wang shall a single opposition brief to Governor’s Brown’s and Dr. Beard’s motions to 

dismiss the first amended complaint. The opposition brief is due on or before June 17, 2015.

• Governor Brown and Dr. Beard shall file a single reply brief in support of their motions

to dismiss. The reply brief is due on or before June 24, 2015.

• A hearing on the motions to dismiss is set for July 1, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 27, 2015

______________________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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