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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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Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 962 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc). 1

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

William Jackson Kitchens, ) 

) CV-1-05-1567-DCB P

Plaintiff, )

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vs. )

) ORDER

Richard Pierce, Sheriff; et al., )

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Defendants. )

_____________________________________ )

Defendants have filed Motions for Summary Judgment (Doc. Nos. 98,

99, 100) pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT

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The Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment seek to have your case

dismissed. A motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure will, if granted, end your case.

Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a motion for

summary judgment. Generally, summary judgment must be granted when there

is no genuine issue of material fact – that is, if there is no real

dispute about any fact that would affect the result of your case, the

party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter

of law, which will end your case. When a party you are suing makes a

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motion for summary judgment that is properly supported by declarations

(or other sworn testimony), you cannot simply rely on what your complaint

says. Instead, you must set out specific facts in declarations,

depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated documents, as

provided in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts shown in the

Defendants’ declarations and documents and show that there is a genuine

issue of material fact for trial. If you do not submit your own evidence

in opposition, summary judgment, if appropriate, may be entered against

you. If summary judgment is granted, your case will be dismissed and

there will be no trial.

Rule 56.1(b) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure also requires

that you include with your response to the Motion for Summary Judgment

a separate statement of facts in opposition to the Motion for Summary

Judgment. Your separate statement of facts must include numbered

paragraphs corresponding to the Defendants’ (“moving party’s”) separate

statement of facts:

(b) Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment

shall file a statement, separate from that party’s memorandum

of law, setting forth: (1) for each paragraph of the moving

party’s separate statement of facts, a correspondingly

numbered paragraph indicating whether the party disputes the

statement of fact set forth in that paragraph and a reference

to the specific admissible portion of the record supporting

the party’s position [for example, affidavit, deposition,

discovery response, etc.] if the fact is disputed; and

(2) any additional facts that establish a genuine issue of

material fact or otherwise preclude judgment in favor of the

moving party. Each additional fact shall be set forth in a

separately numbered paragraph and shall refer to a specific

admissible portion of the record where the fact finds

support. Each numbered paragraph of the statement of facts

set forth in the moving party's separate statement of facts

shall, unless otherwise ordered, be deemed admitted for

purposes of the motion for summary judgment if not

specifically controverted by a correspondingly numbered

paragraph in the opposing party’s separate statement of

facts.

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LRCiv 56.1(b). You must also cite to the specific paragraph in your

statement of facts that supports any factual claims you make in your

memorandum of law:

(e) Memoranda of law filed in support of or in

opposition to a motion for summary judgment, including reply

memoranda, shall include citations to the specific paragraph

in the statement of facts that supports factual assertions

made in the memoranda.

LR.Civ 56.1(e). 

Additionally, Rule 7.2(e) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure

provides:

Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a motion including

its supporting memorandum, and the response including its

supporting memorandum, each shall not exceed seventeen (17)

pages, exclusive of attachments and any required statement of

facts. Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a reply

including its supporting memorandum shall not exceed eleven

(11) pages, exclusive of attachments. Attachments shall

exclude materials extraneous to genuine issues of material

fact or law.

LRCiv 7.2(e). Finally, Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure

provides:

If a motion does not conform in all substantial respects with

the requirements of this Local Rule, or if the unrepresented

party or counsel does not serve and file the required

answering memoranda, or if the unrepresented party or counsel

fails to appear at the time and place assigned for oral

argument, such non-compliance may be deemed a consent to the

denial or granting of the motion and the Court may dispose of

the motion summarily.

LRCiv 7.2(i).

You must timely respond to all motions. The Court may, in its

discretion, treat your failure to respond to Defendants’ Motion for

Summary Judgment as a consent to the granting of that Motion without

further notice, and judgment may be entered dismissing this action with

prejudice pursuant to Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure.

See Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam).

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Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff should file a response to Defendants’

Motions for Summary Judgment, together with a separate Statement of Facts

and supporting affidavits or other appropriate exhibits, on or before

August 7, 2009.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants may file a reply within 15

days after service of Plaintiff’s response.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment will be

deemed ready for decision without oral argument on the day following the

date set for filing a reply unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

DATED this 6 day of July, 2009. th

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