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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONTE ROLANDO HARRIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

H.A. RIOS, et al., 

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00781-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER (1) GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO STRIKE (ECF No. 128), AND 

(2) STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF No. 127)

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed April 

27, 2009 pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of 

Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s First Amendment 

claim against Defendants Gonzaga, Cobb, Zaragoza, and Valero for delay in delivery of 

incoming seized mail; his First Amendment claim against Defendant Cobb for 

interception and seizure of outgoing mail; and his Fifth Amendment due process claim 

against Defendants Estrada, Cobb, Valero, and Zaragoza for failing to provide notice his 

mail was seized. All parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge for 

all purposes in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). 

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On April 27, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 127.) 

On April 28, 2015, Defendants filed a motion to strike Plaintiff’s motion as untimely. (ECF 

No. 128.)

The deadline for filing dispositive motions was September 9, 2013, more than 

nineteen months ago. (ECF No. 70.) Trial in this matter is set to commence June 2, 

2015. (ECF No. 124.) Plaintiff presents no reason why he should be permitted to file a 

dispositive motion at this late date. His motion is untimely and was filed without the 

Court’s authorization. It will be stricken on that basis. See Local Rule 110. 

Based on the foregoing, Defendants’ motion to strike (ECF No. 128) is HEREBY 

GRANTED. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 127) is HEREBY 

STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 4, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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