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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARRELL P. LOGAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

COUNTY OF NAPA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01573-KAW 

ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT 

JEFFREY W. PARKS' MOTION TO 

DISMISS; ORDER REQUIRING MR. 

PARKS TO REGISTER FOR ECF

Re: Dkt. No. 10

On May 4, 2015, Defendant Jeffrey W. Parks filed a motion to dismiss and attached 

exhibits to the motion, which is improper, because a district court may not generally consider any 

material beyond the pleadings in ruling on a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. 

Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668, 688 (9th Cir. 2001). 

Notwithstanding, a district court may take notice of facts not subject to reasonable dispute 

that are “capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot 

reasonably be questioned.” Fed. R. Evid. 201(b); United States v. Bernal–Obeso, 989 F.2d 331, 

333 (9th Cir. 1993). “[A] court may take judicial notice of ‘matters of public record,’” Lee, 250 

F.3d at 689 (citing Mack v. S. Bay Beer Distrib., 798 F.2d 1279, 1282 (9th Cir. 1986)), and may 

also consider “documents whose contents are alleged in a complaint and whose authenticity no 

party questions, but which are not physically attached to the pleading” without converting a 

motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) into a motion for summary judgment. Branch v. Tunnell, 

14 F.3d 449, 454 (9th Cir. 1994), overruled on other grounds by Galbraith v. Cnty. of Santa Clara, 

307 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2002). 

Accordingly, the attached exhibits are stricken, and Mr. Parks may file a request for 

judicial notice on or before June 1, 2015. Although all exhibits appear to be court filings, and 

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therefore matters of public record, should Plaintiff object to the request for judicial notice, he may 

file an objection on or before June 18, 2015. The Court will still hold the hearing on Defendant’s 

motion to dismiss on June 18, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

The Court also notes that Mr. Parks is not registered with the court’s Electronic Case 

Filing (“ECF”) system. All attorneys are obligated to register and participate in their respective 

cases electronically, and are not permitted to file manually. See Civil L.R. 5-1(c). That Defendant 

is representing himself does not relieve him of this requirement. Therefore, Mr. Parks shall 

immediately register as an ECF user and all future filings must be filed electronically. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 26, 2015

__________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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