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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY KORNEGAY,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 12CV1616 JLS (MDD) 

ORDER SUA SPONTE VACATING

vs. AUGUST 29, 2013 ORDER

D. BAILEY, A. POPE, D. SAVAGE,

Defendants.

The Court, on its own motion, hereby VACATES its August 29, 2013 Order

adopting Magistrate Judge Dembin’s Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) and

granting Defendants D. Bailey, A. Pope, and D. Savage’s (“Defendants”) motion to

dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint. (ECF Nos. 6, 14.)

On July 8, 2013, Magistrate Judge Dembin issued an R&R advising this Court

to grant Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff Timothy Kornegay’s (“Plaintiff”)

Complaint. (ECF No. 14.) On August 2, 2013, this Court granted Plaintiff’s motion

for an extension of time and set August 28, 2013 as the deadline for Plaintiff to file

objections to the R&R. (ECF No. 18.) On August 29, 2013, this Court issued an order

adopting in full Magistrate Judge Dembin’s R&R on the grounds that Plaintiff failed

to file timely objections to the R&R and that the R&R was thorough, well-reasoned, and

contained no clear error. (ECF No. 19.) 

On September 3, 2013, the Clerk of the Court docketed Plaintiff’s objections to

the R&R. (ECF No. 20.) Although Plaintiff’s response did not appear on the docket

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until September 3, 2013, his objections to the R&R were drafted and mailed on August

22, 2013, nearly one week before the expiration of the specified time to file. 

Under the prison mailbox rule, a prisoner’s court filings are generally deemed

filed as of the date that the prisoner delivers them to prison authorities for mailing. 

Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 270-71 (1988); see also Huizar v. Carey, 273 F.3d

1220, 1222 (9th Cir. 2001). Plaintiff certifies that he mailed his objections on August

22, 2013. Therefore, Plaintiff’s objections to the R&R were timely submitted. 

Accordingly, the Court VACATES its August 29, 2013 Order adopting

Magistrate Judge Dembin’s R&R and dismissing Plaintiff’s Complaint. Defendants

SHALL FILE a reply to the objections, if they wish, on, or before, September 19,

2013. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 6, 2013

Honorable Janis L. Sammartino

United States District Judge

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