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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 

John Fratus, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Sergeant Peterson, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-08-01500-ROS 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff seeks an extension of “all current deadlines.” The Court recently 

extended the discovery cutoff date for the limited purpose of allowing Defendants to take 

Plaintiff’s deposition. But the deadline for all other discovery has passed and Plaintiff 

does not identify any basis for extending those deadlines again. Therefore, Plaintiff’s 

request will be denied. The recently extended deadline for taking Plaintiff’s deposition 

will be extended based on defense counsel’s family emergency. The deadline for filing a 

motion for summary judgment will be extended but for less than Defendants propose. 

 Plaintiff requests a copy of all docket entries for the 90 days preceding September 

8, 2015. The only docket entry during that time period that may have continuing 

relevance is the Order docketed on September 2, 2015. The Clerk of Court will be 

directed to send Plaintiff a copy of that Order. 

 Defense counsel did not file the statement required by the Court’s recent order. 

(Doc. 209). Defense counsel will be required to confer with Plaintiff and file a statement 

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indicating whether a settlement conference would be helpful. 

 Finally, the present record indicates a motion for summary judgment would very 

likely be futile. Therefore, while the Court will not prohibit Defendants from filing such 

a motion, defense counsel should thoughtfully consider whether a motion is appropriate. 

Also, given the age of this case, the Court will set a firm trial date. Should Defendants 

file a motion for summary judgment, the Court may not rule on that motion until the first 

day of trial. Therefore, Defendants should file the pretrial documents listed below even if 

a motion for summary judgment is filed. 

 Accordingly, 

IT IS ORDERED the Motion for Extension of Time and for Copy of All Docket 

Entries (Doc. 210) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. The Clerk of 

Court shall send a copy of this Order and Doc. 209 to Plaintiff’s current address. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the Motion for Extension of Time (Doc. 211) is 

GRANTED IN PART. Defendants shall complete Plaintiff’s deposition no later than 

October 30, 2015. Any motion for summary judgment shall be filed no later than 

November 13, 2015. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED no later than October 8, 2015, Defense counsel 

shall confer with Plaintiff and file a joint statement indicating whether a settlement 

conference will be helpful. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED trial to a jury is set for January 26, 2016 at 9:00 

a.m. Estimated length of trial is 2 days to be conducted January 26 and 27, 2016. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED no later than December 4, 2015 the parties shall 

file their motions in limine. Responses shall be filed no later than December 16, 2015. 

No replies are allowed. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED no later than December 4, 2015 the parties shall 

file their Joint Proposed Pretrial Order using the form available on the Court’s website, a 

stipulated proposed statement of the case to be read to the jurors at the start of the case, a 

set of joint proposed jury instructions, proposed voir dire questions, and a joint verdict 

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form. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the joint proposed jury instructions shall consist 

of: a joint set of proposed jury instructions where the parties’ instructions agree, a 

separate set of instructions (one for each party) where the parties do not agree, and legal 

authority supporting all proposed instructions whether the parties agree or not. 

 Dated this 28th day of September, 2015. 

Honorable Roslyn O. Silver

Senior United States District Judge

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