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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

DWAYNE MEREDITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. OVERLEY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:12-cv-00455-MJS (PC) 

ORDER:

1) GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION 

TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE (ECF No. 

123);

2) VACATING OCTOBER 1, 2015 TRIAL 

DATE (ECF No. 97); 

3) VACATING WRITS OF HABEAS 

CORPUS FOR TRANSPORT OF 

PLAINTIFF AND HIS INMATE 

WITNESS (ECF Nos. 109 & 110); AND

4) RESETTING TRIAL FOR: 

Date: October 28, 2015

Time: 8:30 a.m., Courtroom 6 (MJS)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in a civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth 

Amendment conditions of confinement claim against Defendants Overley, Benevidez, 

and Gamboa. (ECF No. 8.)

Before the Court is Defendants’ September 8, 2015 motion to advance the trial 

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date from October 1, 2015 to October 28, 2015. (ECF No. 123.) 

Defendants express concern that the trial will last longer than a day and cite 

defense counsel’s scheduling conflicts on October 2, which would otherwise be the 

second day of trial, as a reason to continue the trial. While remaining hopeful that the 

trial can be completed in a day, the Court will, out of an abundance of caution, move the 

trial date to the end of October.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendants’ motion to continue the trial date (ECF No. 123) is GRANTED;

2. The jury trial scheduled for October 1, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. (ECF No. 97) is 

VACATED;

3. The jury trial is RESET for October 28, 2015, at 8:30 a.m., in Courtroom 6;

4. The writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum that issued August 11, 2015 for 

Plaintiff (ECF No. 110) and witness Paul Sanders (ECF No. 109) are 

VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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