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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

LARRY BESS, JR.,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-2498 GEB DAD P

vs.

EDWARD S. ALAMEIDA, JR., et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Before the court are several motions and requests related to defendants’ motion

for summary judgment filed on January 25, 2007.

First, plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to act beyond time to file his opposition

to defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff has also filed his opposition. Good

cause appearing, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion.

Second, defendants have requested an extension of time to and including July 19,

2007 to file a reply to plaintiff’s opposition. Good cause appearing, the court will grant

defendants’ request. 

Finally, the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), a non-profit legal organization, has

requested leave to file an amicus curiae brief in support of plaintiff. Defendants have filed an

opposition to that request. PJI has filed a reply. Federal district courts have broad discretion to

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allow amici curiae to participate in cases if the amicus is not attempting to control the litigation

or use prisoner-plaintiffs as strawmen to confer standing so that the amicus can litigate its own

views. Hoptowitt v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237, 1260 (9th Cir. 1982). There is no indication that PJI is

acting with improper motive, and the court is satisfied that an amicus curiae brief from PJI may

be of some assistance to the court in this case. Accordingly, the court will grant PJI’s motion for

leave to file an amicus curiae brief. Defendants will be directed to include a response, if any, to

PJI’s amicus curiae brief in their reply.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s June 26, 2007 motion for leave to act beyond time to file an

opposition to defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted;

2. Defendants’ June 28, 2007 request for an extension of time to file a reply on or

before July 19, 2007 is granted. Defendants shall include a response, if any, to Pacific Justice

Institute’s amicus curiae brief in their reply. 

3. Pacific Justice Institute’s May 23, 2007 motion for leave to file an amicus

curiae brief in support of plaintiff is granted. 

DATED: June 29, 2007.

DAD:9

bess2498.36misc

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