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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983cv Civil Rights Act - Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL HUPP,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 12-cv-0492-GPC-JLB

ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANTS COUNTY OF SAN

DIEGO AND JOSEPH CARGEL’S

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO

FILE ANSWER AND MOTION

FOR JUDGMENT ON THE

PLEADINGS

[Dkt. No. 292]

vs.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, et al.

Defendants.

As the Court has noted in a previous Order filed in this case, (Dkt. No. 289),

only the twelfth cause of action remains of the twelve causes of action alleged

against the various Defendants in Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”),

the current operative complaint (Dkt. No. 64). That cause of action, as alleged

against the County of San Diego and Joseph Cargel (“Defendants”) was stayed

pending resolution of Plaintiff’s state criminal appeal proceeding pursuant to this

Court’s order. (See Dkt. No. 156.) The Court ordered the parties to notify it upon

the conclusion of any underlying appeal and to seek leave via ex parte application

before filing any further motions. (Dkt. No. 291.) 

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In their ex parte application, Defendants now advise the Court that on

January 8, 2015, the California Court of Appeal affirmed Plaintiff’s criminal

conviction, and that on April 1, 2015, the California Supreme Court denied

Plaintiff’s petition for review and that the case was considered “complete” as of

April 8, 2015. (Dkt. No. 292.) 

In support of their ex parte application, Defendants request judicial notice of

the following two documents (Dkt. No. 292-1):

• Exhibit A: Opinion of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District

of California, Division One, Case No. D064053 (The People v. Paul

Hupp) filed 1/8/15 (Dkt. No. 292-2);

• Exhibit B: Docket (Register of Actions) for Court of Appeal, Fourth

Appellate District of California, Division One, Case No. D064053 (The

People v. Paul Hupp) (Dkt. No. 292-3).

A court may take notice of undisputed “matters of public record” subject to

judicial notice. Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668, 688–89 (9th Cir. 2001)

(citing Fed. R. Evid. 201; MGIC Indem. Corp. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 500, 504 (9th

Cir. 1986)). Under Federal Rule of Evidence 201, 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); see also Lee, 250 F.3d at 689. Defendants’ two requests for

judicial notice are properly noticeable as the documents are matters of public record

and are capable of accurate and ready determination. Finding the Opinion of the

Court of Appeal and the Docket (Register of Actions) for the state appeal

proceeding relevant, the Court takes judicial notice of both documents.

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Since the state court criminal appeal has been completed, the Court hereby

issues the following ORDER: 

1. The stay of above-captioned matter is hereby LIFTED; 

2. Defendants’ ex parte application to file an Answer and Motion for

Judgment on the Pleadings is GRANTED and Defendants are

instructed to file an Answer and Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

within three (3) days of the electronic docketing of this Order; and 

3. The Court takes judicial notice of the following documents: 

a. Exhibit A: Opinion of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate

District of California, Division One, Case No. D064053 (The

People v. Paul Hupp) filed 1/8/15; and

b. Exhibit B: Docket (Register of Actions) for Court of Appeal,

Fourth Appellate District of California, Division One, Case No.

D064053 (The People v. Paul Hupp).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 20, 2015

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

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