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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLIFFORD ABREU,

Plaintiff, No. 2:10-cv-1621 JAM CKD P 

vs.

MATTHEW L. CATE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Pursuant to the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Woods v. Carey, Nos. 09-15548,

09-16113, – F.3d. –, 2012 WL 2626912 (9th Cir. July 6, 2012), the court hereby reminds plaintiff

of the following requirements for opposing the motion for summary judgment filed by the

defendants on November 15, 2011. Plaintiff has filed an opposition to the motion for summary 1

judgment. (See Dkt. No. 41-43.) The motion arises under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. Such a motion is a request for an order for judgment in favor of the defendant

without trial. A defendant’s motion for summary judgment will set forth the facts that the

defendant contends are not reasonably subject to dispute and that entitle the defendant to

judgment. To oppose a motion for summary judgment, plaintiff must show proof of his or her

 Plaintiff was also advised of these requirements on January 21, 2011. (See Dkt. No. 1

14.) 

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claims. Plaintiff may do this in one or more of the following ways. Plaintiff may rely on

plaintiff’s statements made under penalty of perjury in the complaint if the complaint shows that

plaintiff has personal knowledge of the matters stated and plaintiff specifies those parts of the

complaint on which plaintiff relies. Plaintiff may serve and file one or more affidavits or

declarations setting forth the facts that plaintiff believes prove plaintiff’s claims; the person who

signs an affidavit or declaration must have personal knowledge of the facts stated. Plaintiff may

rely on written records, but plaintiff must prove that the records are what plaintiff asserts they

are. Plaintiff may rely on all or any part of the transcript of one or more depositions, answers to

interrogatories, or admissions obtained in this proceeding. If plaintiff fails to contradict the

defendant’s evidence with counteraffidavits or other admissible evidence, the court may accept

defendant’s evidence as true and grant the motion. If there is some good reason why such facts

are not available to plaintiff when required to oppose a motion for summary judgment, the court

will consider a request to postpone consideration of the defendant’s motion. See FED. R. CIV. P.

56(d). If plaintiff does not serve and file a written opposition to the motion, or a request to

postpone consideration of the motion, the court may consider the failure to act as a waiver of

opposition to the defendant’s motion. See L.R. 230(l). If the court grants the motion for

summary judgment, whether opposed or unopposed, judgment will be entered for the defendant

without a trial and the case will be closed as to that defendant. Unsigned affidavits or

declarations will be stricken, and affidavits or declarations not signed under penalty of perjury

have no evidentiary value. 

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Plaintiff now having received the notice required under Woods, 2012 WL

2626912, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff will be provided 21 days to file additional

evidentiary materials regarding defendants’ motion for summary judgment, but it is not required. 

No extensions will be given.

Dated: July 17, 2012

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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