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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

EARL WARNER,

Plaintiff,

v.

MATTHEW L. CATE, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:12-cv-01146-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER SETTING EVIDENTIARY 

HEARING

Date: August 14, 2015

Time: 10:00 a.m., Courtroom 6 (MJS)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds against Defendants Walker, Davis,1

Prokop, Spralding, and Fellows on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim. 

Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment based on Plaintiff’s failure to 

exhaust administrative remedies. (ECF No. 41.) On June 9, 2015, the District Court 

adopted the Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations to deny the motion. 

(ECF No. 65.) The matter was referred back to the Magistrate Judge for further 

proceedings on the issue of exhaustion.

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY SETS an evidentiary hearing before the 

Honorable Michael J. Seng, United States Magistrate Judge, to decide the disputed 

issues of fact relating to the exhaustion of Plaintiff’s claims. The hearing will be held on 

August 14, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 6, Seventh Floor of the United States 

District Court in Fresno, California. The hearing will commence and be completed that 

 

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Formerly Defendant D. McGaha.

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day, and will be limited to the issue of whether Plaintiff is excused from the Prison 

Litigation Reform Act’s exhaustion requirement because administrative remedies were 

“effectively unavailable.”

More specifically, the parties should be prepared to present evidence as to the 

following:

 Whether Plaintiff’s Appeal No. PVSP-O-12-00872 was improperly rejected 

based on Plaintiff’s failure to allege a material adverse effect on his 

welfare;

 Whether Plaintiff's Appeal Nos. RJD-B-12-00796 and RJD-B-12-01098 

were improperly cancelled as untimely; and

 Whether Plaintiff had a reasonable, good faith belief that the administrative 

appeals process was effectively unavailable to him.

In preparation for the hearing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that, no later than July 

17, 2015, the parties shall confer regarding the witnesses to be called and evidence to 

be presented at the hearing. No later than July 31, 2015, defense counsel shall file a 

statement setting forth the witnesses to be called and documents to be presented at the 

hearing. Defense counsel shall provide a courtesy copy of all exhibits to be used at the 

hearing to Judge Seng’s chambers no later than July 31, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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