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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SEAN O’NEAL,

Plaintiff,

v.

AUGUST JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-2374 DB PS

ORDER

On July 25, 2016, defendant filed a motion for summary judgment and noticed the motion 

for hearing on September 2, 2016.1 (Dkt. No. 105.) Defendant, however, mistakenly attempted 

to serve a copy of his motion on “Sean Michael O’Neal,” when plaintiff’s name is “Sean Matthew 

O’Neal.”2 (Dkt. No. 107 at 2.) Defendant’s service was returned as “return to sender,” with a 

notation “no one by this name at this address.” (Id. at 5.) 

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 The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. ' 636(c)(1). (Dkt. No. 16.)

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 Plaintiff alleges that this is not the first time he received mail from the defendant addressed to 

Sean Michael O’Neal, that on those prior occasions the mail was from the “bar association,” and 

that defendant’s counsel informed plaintiff that the mail was for an attorney in counsel’s office. 

(Dkt. No. 109 at 2.) 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The September 2, 2016 hearing of defendant’s motion for summary judgment is 

continued to September 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 27; and

2. Within seven days of the date of this order defendant shall properly serve plaintiff with 

a copy of defendant’s motion for summary judgment.3

Dated: August 17, 2016

 

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 The court anticipates no further errors with respect to defendant’s service on plaintiff. 

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