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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KORY T. O’BRIEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CONNIE GIBSON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:21-cv-01574 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING

(ECF No. 40)

DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

DUE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS FROM DATE 

OF THIS ORDER

Defendants have filed a motion for a sixty-day extension of time to file a responsive 

pleading to Plaintiff’s complaint. ECF No. 40. The responsive pleading is currently due 

September 23, 2024. See ECF No. 38 (executed waiver of service docket entry).

In support of the motion, counsel for Defendants states in part that despite his due 

diligence he has been unable to fully prepare a responsive pleading, and he has been unable to 

discuss Plaintiff’s complaint with Defendants. ECF No. 40 at 4. In addition, he states that he has 

other pressing court business to which he must also attend and that he has a pre-planned vacation 

which is scheduled to begin on September 23. See id. at 4-5. Finally, counsel states that Plaintiff, 

who is incarcerated, could not easily be contacted under the shortened time frame in order to 

determine his position on the extension request. See generally ECF No. 40 at 2 (notice drafted by 

defense counsel).

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendants’ motion for an extension of time to file a pleading that is responsive to 

Plaintiff’s complaint (ECF No. 40) is GRANTED, and

2. Within sixty days from the date of this order, Defendants shall file their responsive 

pleading.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 17, 2024 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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