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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

James Krugel, 

Plaintiff, 

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James Baird, et al., 

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No. CV 07-1798-PHX-MHM (JJM)

ORDER

Defendants have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. #50.) Although Plaintiff has filed a response, no

Notice was sent as required by Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 962 (9th Cir. 1998) (en

banc). Therefore, the Court will give Plaintiff additional time to file a supplemental response

if he chooses. 

NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT

The Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment seeks 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, i.e., if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the result of your

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case, the party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter of law,

which will end your case. 

Documentary Evidence Required - Plaintiff is warned that each fact must be

supported by documentary evidence. It is not enough to merely allege that a fact exists. You

cannot simply rely on what your complaint says. Instead, you must set show specific facts

in sworn affidavits, 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, your case will be

dismissed and there will be no trial.

Statement of Facts Requirements - Rule 56.1(b) of the Local Rules of Civil

Procedure also requires that you submit with your response to the Motion for Summary

Judgment a separate statement of facts in opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment.

Your separate statement of facts must include numbered paragraphs corresponding to the

Defendants’ (“moving party’s”) separate statement of facts:

(b) Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment shall file a statement,

separate from that party’s memorandum of law, setting forth: (1) for each

paragraph of the moving party’s separate statement of facts, a correspondingly

numbered paragraph indicating whether the party disputes the statement of fact

set forth in that paragraph and a reference to the specific admissible portion of

the record supporting the party’s position [for example, affidavit, deposition,

discovery response, etc.] if the fact is disputed; and (2) any additional facts that

establish a genuine issue of material fact or otherwise preclude judgment in

favor of the moving party. Each additional fact shall be set forth in a

separately numbered paragraph and shall refer to a specific admissible portion

of the record where the fact finds support. Each numbered paragraph of the

statement of facts set forth in the moving party's separate statement of facts

shall, unless otherwise ordered, be deemed admitted for purposes of the motion

for summary judgment if not specifically controverted by a correspondingly

numbered paragraph in the opposing party’s separate statement of facts.

L.R.Civ . 56.1(b). The Statement of Facts must set forth the specific facts upon which you

rely in support of your position opposing Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. The

facts must be set forth in regular succession, numbered individually, and each must be

accompanied by a reference to where the evidentiary support for each fact may be located

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in the record (i.e., in an affidavit, deposition transcript, answers to interrogatories,

admissions, etc.).

References to Statement of Facts - For any factual claims you make in your

memorandum of law, you must cite to the specific paragraph in your statement of facts that

supports the factual claim:

(e) Memoranda of law filed in support of or in opposition to a motion for

summary judgment, including reply memoranda, shall include citations to the

specific paragraph in the statement of facts that supports factual assertions

made in the memoranda.

LR.Civ. 56.1(e).

Length Limitations - Additionally, Local Civil Rule 7.2(e) provides:

Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a motion including its supporting

memorandum, and the response including its supporting memorandum, each

shall not exceed seventeen (17) pages, exclusive of attachments and any

required statement of facts. Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a reply

including its supporting memorandum shall not exceed eleven (11) pages,

exclusive of attachments. Attachments shall exclude materials extraneous to

genuine issues of material fact or law.

Accordingly, your response to the Motion for Summary Judgment (including your

Memorandum of Law in support of the response) may not exceed seventeen (17) pages in

length, without the prior approval of the court. Attachments in support of your responsive

memorandum are not included in the seventeen page limit; nor is the required Statement of

Facts.

Motions to Strike - Further, Local Civil Rule 7.2(m)(2) provides:

An objection to the admission of evidence offered in support of or opposition

to a motion must be presented in the objecting party’s responsive or reply

memorandum (or, if the underlying motion is a motion for summary judgment,

in the party’s response to another party’s separate statement of material facts)

and not in a separate motion to strike or other separate filing. Any response

to the objection must be included in the responding party’s reply memorandum

for the underlying motion and may not be presented in a separate responsive

memorandum.

Accordingly, motions to strike challenging the admission of evidence with respect to this

motion will, in all likelihood, be stricken.

Failure to Comply - Finally, Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure

provides:

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If a motion does not conform in all substantial respects with the requirements

of this Local Rule, or if the unrepresented party or counsel does not serve and

file the required answering memoranda, or if the unrepresented party or

counsel fails to appear at the time and place assigned for oral argument, such

non-compliance may be deemed a consent to the denial or granting of the

motion and the Court may dispose of the motion summarily.

L.R.Civ. 7.2(i).

 You must timely and properly respond to all motions. The Court may, in its

discretion, 

treat your failure to respond to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment as a consent to

the granting of that Motion without further notice, and judgment may be entered dismissing

this action with prejudice pursuant to Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. See

Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) The reference to the Magistrate Judge as to Defendants’ Motion for Summary

Judgment (Doc. #50) is withdrawn. All other matters shall remain with the Magistrate as

appropriate. 

(2) Plaintiff has 30 days from the date this Order is filed to file a supplemental

response to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, together with supporting affidavits

or other appropriate exhibits and a separate Statement of Facts.

(3) Defendants have 15 days from the date of filing a supplemental response to file

a supplemental reply.

DATED this 29th day of June, 2010.

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