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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

Michael V. Withers,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-17-03391-PHX-DWL (JZB)

ORDER 

Plaintiff filed this lawsuit on September 6, 2017. On June 11, 2019, Defendants 

Corizon Incorporated, Joanna Grafton-Burns, and Sharon Kary (“Defendants”) filed a 

motion for summary judgment (Doc. 102) and accompanying statement of facts (Doc. 

103).

On August 29, 2019, Plaintiff filed a response to the motion for summary 

judgment (Doc. 122) and controverting statement of facts (Doc. 123). Plaintiff objected 

to Defendants’ omission of evidence from Plaintiff’s medical records, and on January 21, 

2020, the Court ruled that “[w]here, as here, Defendants refer to—but fail to attach—

relevant evidence from outside specialists, Defendants cannot show they provided proper 

medical care for Plaintiff’s serious medical needs, and they deprive Plaintiff of evidence 

that could potentially show otherwise.” (Doc. 133 at 2.) The Court ordered that 

“Defendants must, at a minimum, serve Plaintiff” with several categories of “known 

missing documents” and ordered Defendants to “amend their Statement of Facts and 

supplement their exhibits accordingly. (Id. at 3.) The Court also ordered Defendants to 

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cite to specific portions of the record. (Id. at 3-4.) The Court, cognizant of how long this 

case had already been pending, set an expedited schedule: Defendants were required to 

serve Plaintiff with the missing exhibits and file an amended statement of facts within 7 

days, and then Plaintiff had 7 days to file a controverting statement of facts limited to 

Defendants’ amended facts and additional exhibits. (Id. at 4.) Following these two 7-day 

periods, the motion finally would be ripe for review. (Id.)

Defendants’ missing exhibits and amended statement of facts should have been 

served and filed on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Defendants failed to file the missing 

exhibits and amended statement of facts within the 7-day timeframe ordered by the Court 

and instead filed them 2 days late, on Thursday, January 30, 2020. (Docs. 135, 136.) On 

February 5, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for sanctions, requesting that the Court render a 

default judgment as a sanction, pursuant to Rule 11 and Rule 37(b). (Doc. 137 at 2-3.)

On February 7, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for extension of time, seeking a 30-

day extension to file his controverting statement of facts. (Doc. 138.) Plaintiff stated that 

he did not receive Defendants’ missing exhibits and amended statement of facts until 

February 3, 2020. (Id.; see also Doc. 137 at 1.) The amended statement of facts and 

accompanying exhibits include 593 pages. (Docs. 135, 135-1, 135-2, 135-3, 135-4, 135-

5). The Court will grant in part Plaintiff’s motion for extension of time and extend 

Plaintiff’s deadline to file his controverting statement of facts to March 3, 2020.

Defendants’ notice to the Court regarding the missing documentation (Doc. 136) 

failed to acknowledge or apologize for the two-day delay in filing the missing exhibits 

and amended statement of facts. Nevertheless, the delay was very short, and the Court 

has granted Plaintiff an extension of time to respond, so there is no prejudice. The Court 

will deny the motion for sanctions.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions (Doc. 137) is denied.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for extension of time (Doc. 

138) is granted. Plaintiff’s deadline to file his controverting statement of facts is 

extended to March 3, 2020.

Dated this 11th day of February, 2020.

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