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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENNIS ROZADILLA,

Plaintiff,

 vs.

MICHAEL HENNESSEY,

Defendant. /

No. C-0909 MEJ

ORDER SETTING HEARING DATE ON

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

 On January 1, 2007, the parties in this matter filed a stipulated order for plaintiff's mental

exam. On January 29, pursuant to the stipulation, the Court ordered Plaintiff to undergo an

independent medical evaluation. On August 8, 2007, Defendants filed their, MOTION FOR

SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFF AND/OR PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF'S

REPEATED FAILURE TO ATTEND HIS COURT-ORDERED INDEPENDENT

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION, stating that although Plaintiff had been scheduled for Court

ordered medical examinations on three separate occasions, he had, as of that date, failed to undergo

a complete examination: On two occasions Plaintiff had failed to appear for the exams, and on one

occasion he appeared but was unable remain awake, and therefore was unable for the full duration of

the exam. 

The Court held a hearing on October 11, 2007. The Court put over deciding the issue of

sanctions for another date, but ordered Plaintiff to complete the previously ordered psychological

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examination by October 23, 2007, and if he did not complete the exam by that date, to appear before

this Court on October 25, 2007, and show cause why he shouldn't be sanctioned for failure appear

and complete the exam. At the October 11, hearing Plaintiff, through his attorney Mr. Cunningham,

asserted that Plaintiff's inability to remain awake during the exam Plaintiff did attend was caused by

medication prescribed by Plaintiff's physician. The Court therefore, ordered Plaintiff to submit to the

Court documentation, including prescription and other documentation that would tend to prove this

assertion.

At 10:00 a.m., on October 25, 2007, during its regular calendar, Mr. Bonta, attorney for the

Defendants, appeared and represented to the Court that his office had scheduled an examination for

October 23, 2007. Mr. Bonta further stated that Plaintiff did attend the October 23rd exam, but that

Plaintiff arrived 1 1⁄2 hours late and began nodding off a during the exam. As a result, the second half

of the exam could not be completed and was rescheduled for October 25, 2007, at 11:00 a.m.. The

Court notes that this was in violation of its order to have the exam completed by October 23.

The Court ORDERS as follows:

The Plaintiff and his attorney shall appear for a hearing on November 8, 2007, in

Courtroom B. 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, and show cause why sanctions

should not be imposed on the Plaintiff and/or his attorney for Plaintiff's repeated failure to appear

and complete his independent medical exam. Plaintiff shall bring to this hearing any documentation,

including prescriptions and statements from his physician, tending to prove that his inability to

remain awake during the independent medical examination is due to prescribed medications.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 25, 2007 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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