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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

MALIK JONES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

M. EVANS, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

MALIK JONES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

L. WASHINGTON, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 07-4277 CW (PR)

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE

No. C 09-3003 CW (PR)

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE

In its July 20, 2010 Order, the Court directed Defendants to

notice another deposition of Plaintiff. The parties are directed

to abide by the following schedule. That deposition should take

place no later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Order.

1. The following briefing schedule shall govern dispositive

motions in Case Nos. C 07-4277 CW (PR) and C 09-3003 CW (PR):

a. No later than ninety (90) days from the date of this

Order, Defendants shall file a motion for summary judgment or other

dispositive motion. The motion shall be supported by adequate

factual documentation and shall conform in all respects to Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 56. If Defendants are of the opinion that

these cases cannot be resolved by summary judgment, they shall so

inform the Court prior to the date the summary judgment motion is

due. All papers filed with the Court shall be promptly served on

Plaintiff.

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b. Plaintiff's opposition to the dispositive motion

shall be filed with the Court and served on Defendants no later

than sixty (60) days after the date on which Defendants' motion is

filed. The Ninth Circuit has held that the following notice should

be given to pro se plaintiffs facing a summary judgment motion:

The defendants have made a motion for summary 

judgment by which they seek to have your case dismissed. 

A motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will, if granted, end

your case. 

Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to

oppose a motion for summary judgment. Generally, summary

judgment must be granted when there is no genuine issue

of material fact -- that is, if there is no real dispute

about any fact that would affect the result of your case,

the party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to

judgment as a matter of law, which will end your case. 

When a party you are suing makes a motion for summary

judgment that is properly supported by declarations (or

other sworn testimony), you cannot simply rely on what

your complaint says. Instead, you must set out specific

facts in declarations, depositions, answers to

interrogatories, or authenticated documents, as provided

in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts shown in the

defendant's declarations and documents and show that

there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. If

you do not submit your own evidence in opposition,

summary judgment, if appropriate, may be entered against

you. If summary judgment is granted [in favor of the

defendants], your case will be dismissed and there will

be no trial.

See Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 962-63 (9th Cir. 1998) (en

banc).

Plaintiff is advised to read Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure and Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986)

(party opposing summary judgment must come forward with evidence

showing triable issues of material fact on every essential element

of his claim). Plaintiff is cautioned that because he bears the

burden of proving his allegations in these cases, he must be

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prepared to produce evidence in support of those allegations when

he files his opposition to Defendants' dispositive motion. Such

evidence may include sworn declarations from himself and other

witnesses to the incident, and copies of documents authenticated by

sworn declaration. Plaintiff will not be able to avoid summary

judgment simply by repeating the allegations of his complaint.

c. If Defendants wish to file a reply brief, they shall

do so no later than thirty (30) days after the date Plaintiff's

opposition is filed.

d. The motion shall be deemed submitted as of the date

the reply brief is due. No hearing will be held on the motion

unless the Court so orders at a later date.

2. Pursuant to the Court's September 19, 2008 Order,

discovery may be taken in these actions in accordance with the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court hereby sets a

discovery cut-off date of sixty (60) days from the date of this

Order.

3. All communications by Plaintiff with the Court must be

served on Defendants' counsel by mailing a true copy of the

document to Defendants' counsel.

4. It is Plaintiff's responsibility to prosecute these

cases. Plaintiff must keep the Court informed of any change of

address and must comply with the Court's orders in a timely

fashion. Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of these

actions for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 41(b). 

5. Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable

extensions will be granted. Any motion for an extension of time

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must be filed no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the deadline

sought to be extended.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 7/23/2010 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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