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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

Plaintiff Larry Cruz (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, initiated this action on November 1, 2013. This action proceeds against 

Defendants Dunn, Hiracheta, Silva, and Espinosa for excessive force in violation of the Eighth 

Amendment. 

On July 24, 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment for failure to exhaust 

administrative remedies. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. Plaintiff did not file any response to that motion. As a 

result, on August 25, 2015, the Court issued an order requiring Plaintiff to file an opposition or 

statement of non-opposition within twenty-one days. (ECF No. 25.) In response to the Court’s order, 

on September 24, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting a copy of Defendants’ motion for summary 

judgment. (ECF No. 26.) In the motion, Plaintiff states that he received the Court’s August 25, 2015 

LARRY CRUZ,

 Plaintiff,

v.

M. ESPINOSA, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:13-cv-01762-BAM PC

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO RESERVE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

ON PLAINTIFF

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE AN 

OPPOSITION to DEFENDANTS’ MOTION 

WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF RE-SERVICE 

(ECF No. 26)

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order but has not received Defendants’ July 24, 2015 motion for summary judgment. (Id. at 4.) He 

requests a copy so that he can make his arguments against Defendants’ motion. (Id.) 

It appears based on Defendants’ certificates of service that they mailed their motion and 

accompanying documents to Plaintiff at the current address he has provided the Court, but based on 

his representations he did not receive that mailing. (ECF No. 21.) To ensure that Plaintiff is afforded a 

full opportunity to pursue this matter on the merits, the Court will direct Defendants to re-serve their 

motion for summary judgment on him, and will grant him one final opportunity to respond. 

Additionally, the Court notes that although Plaintiff’s motion in response to the Court’s August 

25, 2015 order was dated August 31, 2015, it was not filed until several weeks later, on September 24, 

2015. Plaintiff is admonished in the future to pursue this matter with diligence and to comply with all 

applicable deadlines. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within seven (7) days from the date of service of this order, Defendants shall re-serve 

their motion for summary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and 

accompanying documents, filed on July 24, 2015, on Plaintiff at his current address of 

record; 

2. Defendants shall file a certificate of service with the Court;

3. Plaintiff is granted twenty-one (21) days from the date that Defendants’ motion for 

summary judgment is served to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to that 

motion; and

4. Plaintiff is warned that the failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of 

this action, with prejudice, for failure to prosecute.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 27, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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