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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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 While different schedules governed the time for discovery as between plaintiff and

Martinez and plaintiff and the other defendants, the April 18, 2008, amended schedule governed

the time for dispositive motions as between plaintiff and all defendants. See Order of January 3,

2008, granting defendants’ motion to modify the schedules.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VANCE EDWARD JOHNSON,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-04-0776 LKK EFB P

vs.

D. L. RUNNELS, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants move to modify the April 18, 2008, scheduling order.1

 Plaintiff has

not filed any opposition.

A schedule may be modified upon a showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Good

cause exists when the moving party demonstrates he cannot meet the deadline despite exercising

due diligence. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 

Pursuant to the April 18, 2008, schedule, dispositive motions had to be filed no later than

October 3, 2008. Defendants, represented by the Office of the Attorney General, assert that an

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illness and death in their attorney’s family caused the attorney to be unavailable for extended

periods of time. Thus, they could not comply with the schedule. They did assert, however, that

they could file a dispositive motion in early November 2008. On November 8, 2008, defendants

filed a motion for summary judgment.

Good cause appearing therefore, defendants’ September 30, 2008, motion to modify the

schedule is granted and defendants’ motion for summary judgment is accepted as timely filed. 

Plaintiff shall file his opposition within thirty (30) days.

Dated: November 24, 2008.

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