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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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ORDER, page 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

DOLORES BANUELOS,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. C. PENNEY CORPORATION, INC.,

Defendant.

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Case No.: C 09-0255 PVT

ORDER VACATING TRIAL AND PRETRIAL

CONFERENCE DATES; SETTING BRIEFING

AND HEARING SCHEDULE FOR

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT; AND WITHDRAWING

REFERENCE TO MEDIATION 

On April 27, 2010, Defendant filed an untimely Motion for Summary Judgment. Pursuant to

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 56(c)(1)(A), “a party may move for summary judgment at any time

until 30 days after the close of all discovery.” Fact Discovery in this case closed on January 15, 2010

and Expert Discovery closed on March 26, 2010. Thus, any motion for summary judgment should

have been filed no later than April 26, 2010 (30 days would have run on April 25, 2010, which was a

Sunday, so the deadline was the following business day). Because Defendant’s motion was

untimely, Plaintiff was under no obligation to file any opposition. However, having reviewed the

moving papers and the file herein, and in light of the fact Defendant’s motion was only one day late,

the court finds it appropriate to vacate the trial and pretrial dates, excuse the late filing of the motion,

and schedule briefing and hearing dates for the motion. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the previously set trial and pretrial dates are hereby

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ORDER, page 2

VACATED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, no later than June 15, 2010, Plaintiff shall file either a

written opposition to Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, or else a statement of nonopposition. See, CIVIL L.R. 7-3(a) & (b).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant may file a reply no later than June 22, 2010.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion will be heard at 10:00 a.m. on June 29, 2010 in

courtroom 5 of this court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the reference of this case to the court’s mediation program

is WITHDRAWN, because the court’s ADR department reports that it has not been able to schedule

any mediation due to Plaintiff’s lack of response to their communications. In the event the parties

believe a settlement conference would be beneficial, they may file a stipulation requesting reference

to a Magistrate Judge for a settlement conference.

Dated: 5/19/10

 

PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL

United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER, page 3

Counsel automatically notified of this filing via the court’ s Electronic Case Filing system.

copies mailed on 5/19/10 to:

Dolores Banuelos

1574 Falcon Drive

Apartment #4

Salinas, CA 93905 

 /s/ Donna Kirchner for 

 MARTHA BROWN

 Courtroom Deputy 

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