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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLTON VAN SCOTT

Plaintiff,

v.

GLENDA MOORE et al.,

 Defendants.

_____________________________

2:08-cv-2006-RCF (PC)

INFORMATIONAL ORDER

REGARDING SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on March 1, 2010. The Court issues this

order to remind plaintiff of his obligations to respond to the motion.

Under Eastern District Local Rule 230(l), plaintiff’s opposition – if any – to the granting of

the motion shall be served and filed not more than 21 days after the date upon which defendants’

motion for summary judgment was served. 

Motions in Prisoner Actions. All motions, except motions to dismiss for lack of

prosecution, filed in actions wherein one party is incarcerated and proceeding in propria

persona, shall be submitted upon the record without oral argument unless otherwise

ordered by the Court. Such motions need not be noticed on the motion calendar.

Opposition, if any, to the granting of the motion shall be served and filed by the

responding party not more than twenty-one (21) days after the date of service of the

motion. A responding party who has no opposition to the granting of the motion shall

serve and file a statement to that effect, specifically designating the motion in question.

Failure of the responding party to file an opposition or to file a statement of no opposition

may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion and may result

in the imposition ofsanctions. The moving party may, not more than seven (7) days after

the opposition is served, serve and file a reply to the opposition. All such motions will

be deemed submitted twenty-eight (28) days after the service of the motion or when the

reply is filed, whichever comes first. See L.R. 135. 

E.D. Cal. Local R. 230(l).

Plaintiff is also reminded of his obligations for opposing a motion for summary judgment. The

Court advised plaintiff how to oppose a motion for summary judgment in the Second Informational

Order entered by the Court on June 10, 2009. That order states:

At some point in the litigation, one or more defendants might move for summary

judgment as to some or all of plaintiff’s claims. In accordance with Klingele v.

Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409 (9th Cir. 1988), plaintiff is advised of the following

requirements for opposing a motion for summary judgment made by defendants under

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 An affidavit is a written declaration or statement of facts, made voluntarily, and confirmed by the oath or

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affirmation of the party making it, taken before an officer having authority to administer such oath. An unsworn

declaration has the same effect as an affidavit, provided that it is dated and signed under penalty of perjury, as follows: “I

declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.” 28 U.S.C. § 1746. Affidavits and declarations must

be made on personal knowledge and must set forth facts as would be admissible in evidence. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e).

 Sworn or certified copies of all papers referred to in an affidavit must be attached to the affidavit and served on

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the opposing party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e).

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. Such a motion is a request for an order for judgment on some or all

of plaintiff’s claims in favor of defendants without trial. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(b).

Defendant(s)’ motion will set forth the facts that defendants contend are not reasonably

subject to dispute and that entitle defendant to judgment as a matter of law. See Fed. R.

Civ. P. 56(c).

Plaintiff has the right to oppose a motion for summary judgment. To oppose the motion,

plaintiff must show proof of his claims. Plaintiff may agree with the facts set forth in

defendant(s)’ motion but argue that defendant(s) are not entitled to judgment as a matter

of law. Plaintiff may show defendant(s)’ facts are disputed in one or more of the

following ways: (1) plaintiff may rely upon statements made under the penalty of perjury

in the complaint if the complaint shows that plaintiff has personal knowledge of the

matters stated and if plaintiff calls to the Court’s attention those parts of the complaint

upon which he relies; (2) plaintiff may also serve and file affidavits or declarations setting 1

forth the facts that plaintiff believes prove his claims (the persons who sign the affidavit

or declaration must have personal knowledge of the facts stated); (3) plaintiff may also

rely upon written records, but plaintiff must prove that the records are what he claims

they are; (4) plaintiff may also rely upon all or any part of the transcript of one or more 2

depositions, answers to interrogatories, or admissions obtained in this proceeding.

Should plaintiff fail to contradict defendant(s)’ motion with affidavits, declarations or

other evidence, defendant(s)’ evidence will be taken as true, and final judgment may be

entered without a full trial. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e).

If there is some good reason why such facts are not available to plaintiff when required

to oppose such a motion, the Court will consider a request to postpone considering

defendant(s)’ motion. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(f). If plaintiff does not serve and file a

request to postpone consideration of defendant(s)’ motion or written opposition to the

motion, the Court might consider plaintiff’s failure to act to be a waiver of opposition to

defendant(s)’ motion. Plaintiff’s waiver of opposition to defendant(s)’ motion might

result in the entry of summary judgment against plaintiff.

A motion supported by affidavits or declarations that are unsigned will be stricken.

See Docket #24.

DATED: March 2, 2010 

/s/ Raymond C. Fisher_______________

Raymond C. Fisher

United States Circuit Judge

Sitting by Designation

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