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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANDRE JAMAL ROBINSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MATTHEW CATE, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:11-cv-02555 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Presently pending before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The 

parties have fully briefed plaintiff’s claims under the federal constitution. Upon closer 

examination of the operative complaint, see ECF No. 36 at 3, and plaintiff’s opposition to the 

motion for summary judgment, see ECF No. 79 at 1, 5-6, the court is persuaded that plaintiff is 

also asserting a claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). 

See Alvarez v. Hill, 518 F.3d 1152, 1158 (9th Cir. 2008) (holding that plaintiff’s RLUIPA claim 

was properly before the district court on summary judgment because specifically raised in 

plaintiff’s post-complaint filings although the complaint cited only the First Amendment). For 

this reason, the parties will be directed to file and serve supplemental briefing that addresses only 

plaintiff’s RLUIPA claim. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Defendant shall, within fourteen days after the filing date of this order, file and serve a 

supplemental brief to defendant’s motion for summary judgment limited to the merits of 

plaintiff’s RLUIPA claim. 

 2. Plaintiff shall, within fourteen days after service of defendant’s supplemental brief, file 

and serve an opposition thereto, limited to the merits of plaintiff’s RLUIPA claim. 

 3. Defendant may, within three (3) days after service of plaintiff’s opposition, file and 

serve a reply brief. 

 4. No extensions of time in this briefing schedule will be granted absent a compelling 

showing of good cause. 

DATED: July 21, 2015 

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