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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LYNN CHARLES BEYETT, 

Plaintiff,

v.

BRAD SMITH; et al., 

Defendants.

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No. C-14-3153 EMC (pr)

ORDER

Defendant Young requested an extension of the deadline to file a dispositive motion. 

Defendants Dobie, Earley and Loredo also requested an extension of the deadline to file a

dispositive motion. Upon due consideration, the requests are GRANTED. Docket # 13 and Docket

# 18. As Defendant Young is represented by a separate attorney, he may file a separate dispositive

motion. The Court now sets the following new briefing schedule for the dispositive motions:

1. No later than April 3, 2015, Defendants must file and serve a motion for

summary judgment or other dispositive motion. If Defendants are of the opinion that this case

cannot be resolved by summary judgment or other dispositive motion, Defendants must so inform

the Court prior to the date the motion is due. 

2. Plaintiff’s opposition to the summary judgment or other dispositive motion

must be filed with the Court and served upon Defendants’ counsel no later than May 1, 2015. 

3. Defendants’ reply, if any, must be filed no later than May 15, 2015. 

Plaintiffs’ motion to compel the defendants to file an answer to his complaint is DENIED. 

Docket # 15. Defendants have filed waivers of the reply (see Docket # 12 and # 14), and those are

sufficient at this time.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Plaintiff’s “request for attorney not filing with this court, withdrawal from case” is DENIED. 

Docket # 17. The California Attorney General’s office never filed an appearance in this action, and

therefore had no obligation (or right) to file a withdrawal. 

Plaintiff’s request for the California Attorney General’s office to send him a copy of their 

production of documents in another case is DENIED. Docket # 16. As mentioned in the preceding

paragraph, the California Attorney General’s office does not represent a defendant in this action. If

Plaintiff wants to obtain documents, he needs to make a discovery request in compliance with

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26-37. If he is unable to obtain adequate responses to his properlymade discovery requests, he may file a motion to compel, but must first make a good faith effort to

meet and confer to resolve any discovery dispute. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a). 

Plaintiff’s request for a protective order prohibiting Defendants from obtaining his central

file is DENIED. Docket # 19. Plaintiff urges that his central file is not relevant to this “medical

civil lawsuit.” Id. at # 19. “Parties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is

relevant to any party’s claim or defense . . . Relevant information need not be admissible at the trial

if the discovery appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.” Fed.

R. Civ. P. 26(b). Plaintiff understates the breadth of this action; although he does assert claims

pertaining to medical care, he also asserts claims pertaining to prison work conditions and attaches

to his amended complaint copies of prison administrative grievances and responses thereto. His

central file may contain information relevant to, or reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of

admissible evidence pertaining to his claims, his credibility, and any damages he might recover. 

Defendants are not precluded from subpoenaing Plaintiff’s central file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2015

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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