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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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not await a response from plaintiff before issuing this order.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WILLIAM FRANKLIN 

DOBROVOLNY,

NO. CIV. S-03-2244 FCD GGH P

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

RECONSIDERATION

C.K. PLILER, Warden, et al.,

Defendants.

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The court has reviewed defendants’ request for

reconsideration by the district judge of the magistrate judge’s

May 17, 2007 order denying defendants’ motion to modify the

pretrial order to dispute certain facts previously agreed to by

the parties as undisputed, and HEREBY summarily DENIES the

request as there are no grounds to find the magistrate judge’s

decision “clearly erroneous or contrary to law.”1

 E.D. Cal. L.R.

72-303(f). As aptly stated by the magistrate judge, defendants’

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motion to modify the pretrial order was “patently untimely.” By

defendants’ counsel’s own admissions, she was aware of the

purported basis to seek modification as of November 2006, at the

latest. Yet, counsel did not move for relief until May 10, 2007,

just six weeks prior to the start of trial. Contrary to

defendants’ protestations, a grant of relief in their favor would

be manifestly unjust under these circumstances, particularly

considering that plaintiff, an inmate proceeding pro se, has

properly relied on the subject undisputed facts since March 31,

2006, the date the pretrial order issued. As such, the court

DENIES defendants’ request for reconsideration.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 DATED: June 5, 2007

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