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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Angel Alberto Garcia,

Plaintiff, 

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Qwest Communications,

Defendant. 

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No. CV-07-0999-PHX-LOA

ORDER

Defendant Qwest Corporation has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment

(docket #40) pursuant to Rule 56(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT1

The Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment seeks to have your case

dismissed. A motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure will, if granted, end your case.

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. When a party you are suing makes a motion for summary

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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 case will be dismissed and there will be no trial.

Rule 56.1(b) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure 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 Defendant’s (“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 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(b). 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). 

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Additionally, Rule 7.2(e) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure 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. Attachments shall exclude

materials extraneous to genuine issues of material fact or law.

LRCiv 7.2(e). Finally, Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure 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 Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment as a consent to the

granting of that Motion without further notice, and judgment may be entered dismissing this

action with prejudice pursuant to Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. See

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

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff must file a response to Defendant’s Motion

for Summary Judgment, together with a separate Statement of Facts and supporting affidavits

or other appropriate exhibits, no later than Monday, August 25, 2008.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant may file a reply no later than

Friday, September 5, 2008.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 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 22nd day of July, 2008.

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