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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

GREGORY FRANKLIN,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 07cv438 BTM (LSP)

ORDER:

(1) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME [Doc.

#35];

and

(2) ADOPTING REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION AND

DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT [Doc.

#13]

vs.

L.E. SCRIBNER, et al.,

Defendants.

In a Report and Recommendation filed on July 23, 2007, Magistrate Judge Papas

recommended that the Court deny Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment. Any objections to

the Report and Recommendation were required to be filed on or before August 3, 2007. On

August 6, 2007, the Clerk received a motion from Plaintiff for an extension of time to file his

objection. Plaintiff states that he has recently been denied access to the prison law library

and he argues that such access is needed in order to formulate a proper response to the

Report and Recommendation.

The Court finds that Plaintiff has not shown any need for law library access in

formulating an objection to the Report and Recommendation. Magistrate Judge Papas

recommended denying the motion for default judgment as premature because the answer

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deadline for most Defendants had not passed. In addition, no proof of service had yet been

filed for two Defendants, thereby precluding the grant of default judgment. An executed

waiver of service has since been returned for Defendant Nelson [Doc. #31], and the

summons for Defendant Zill was returned unexecuted the same day [Doc. #32].

Nonetheless, the deadline for Defendant Nelson’s answer has also not passed yet.

Accordingly, the deficiencies in Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment cannot be cured by any

reference to legal materials. Rather, the motion must be denied at this time unless Plaintiff

can show that the facts surrounding the service of Plaintiff’s complaint are not accurately

reflected in the Report and Recommendation. Therefore, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s

motion for an extension of time to file an objection to the Report and Recommendation.

Furthermore, the Court finds the disposition of the Report and Recommendation

suitable for determination without oral argument, in accordance with CivLR 7.1(d)(1), and

hereby vacates the August 10, 2007 hearing set for this matter. The Court agrees with the

Report and Recommendation and adopts it as the decision of the Court. Plaintiff’s Motion

for Default Judgment is therefore DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 9, 2007

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz

United States District Judge

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