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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

John Fratus, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Peterson, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. CV-08-1500-ROS 

ORDER 

 On October 24, 2014, Defendants filed a Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant 

to Rule 56, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. 171.) 

NOTICE — WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

 Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment seeks to have your case dismissed for 

failure to exhaust prison administrative remedies as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). 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 

dispute 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. Because Defendants seek 

summary judgment based on your failure to exhaust prison administrative remedies, if 

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Defendants produce admissible evidence demonstrating that you failed to exhaust 

available administrative remedies, your complaint will be dismissed without prejudice 

unless your response to Defendant’s motion includes admissible evidence sufficient to 

show that you exhausted all available administrative remedies or that no administrative 

remedies were available to you. Types of admissible evidence may include copies of 

your grievances, grievance responses, and sworn declarations. 

 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 to oppose that motion. 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 260 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. 

Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment or summary 

adjudication shall reproduce the itemized facts in the Statement of 

Undisputed Facts and admit those facts that are undisputed and deny those 

that are disputed, including with each denial a citation to the particular 

portions of any pleading, affidavit, deposition, interrogatory answer, 

admission, or other document relied upon in support of that denial. The 

opposing party may also file a concise “Statement of Disputed Facts,” and 

the source thereof in the record, of all additional material facts as to which 

there is a genuine issue precluding summary judgment or adjudication. The 

opposing party shall be responsible for the filing of all evidentiary 

documents cited in the opposing papers. See L.R. 133(j). If a need for 

discovery is asserted as a basis for denial of the motion, the party opposing 

the motion shall provide a specification of the particular facts on which 

discovery is to be had or the issues on which discovery is necessary. 

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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. 

 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 consent to the granting 

of that Motion without further notice, and the Court may enter judgment and dismiss this 

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

 Accordingly, 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff must file a response to the Motion for Summary 

Judgment, together with supporting affidavits or other appropriate exhibits and a separate 

Statement of Facts by November 28, 2014. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants may file a reply within fifteen 

(15) days after service of Plaintiff’s response. 

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 24th day of October, 2014. 

Honorable Roslyn O. Silver

Senior United States District Judge

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