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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT DOUGLAS, Civil

No.

10-CV-1464-GPC (BGS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION

FOR LEAVE TO FILE

SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS

v.

MICHAEL SMELOSKY, WARDEN; et al.,

Defendant.

On June 13, 2013, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file supplemental documents. (Doc.

No. 58.) Plaintiff request leave to file supplemental documents in opposition to Defendant's

summary judgment motion regarding an alleged news report that corroborates his pending

section 1983 claim. (Id.) Plaintiff also request that the news reporter who conducted the

interview be allowed to submit a declaration to the fact that he did receive these statements on

the record. (Id.) In Plaintiff's motion, Plaintiff submitted an interview transcript from KGTV

ABC 10. (Id. at 4.) The transcript details an interview between a reporter and an unidentified

prison guard who was working at Centinela State Prison on July 8, 2008, the date of the event in

question. (Id.) On June 17, 2013, the Court ordered Defendant Valenzuela to respond to

Plaintiff's request for leave to file supplemental documents. (Doc. No. 59.) On June 24, 2013,

Defendant Valenzuela filed a response. (Doc. No. 60.) In his response, Defendant Valenzuela

does not object to the request to submit the transcript provided that Defendant will be permitted

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to file an objection to this evidence. (Id. at 4.) Also, Defendant does not object to the request to

submit a declaration provided that Defendant will be permitted reasonable time to conduct

discovery limited to the declarant and any evidence arising from the declaration, and then to file

an objection to the evidence. (Id.) For these reasons, and for good cause shown, the Court

hereby orders as follows:

1. Fact discovery is hereby reopened for the limited purposes of conducting 

additional discovery with regard to the news transcript submitted by Plaintiff in his

motion for leave to file supplemental documents. The new fact discovery cutoff is 

December 27, 2013. 

2. The Court also request that Defendant Valenzuela withdraw his pending motion 

for summary judgment. (Doc. No. 41.) Defendant Valenzuela may refile a motion 

for summary judgment after additional fact discovery is conducted. The new 

motion filing deadline is January 31, 2014.

3. Plaintiff's motion for leave to file supplemental documents in support of his 

opposition to Defendant Valenzuela's motion for summary judgment is DENIED 

AS MOOT.

Dated: September 30, 2013 

BERNARD G. SKOMAL

United States Magistrate Judge

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