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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY WATTS, 

Plaintiff,

v.

NGUYEN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-00917-AWI-SKO (PC)

SECOND INFORMATIONAL ORDER - NOTICE 

AND WARNING OF REQUIREMENTS TO 

OPPOSE SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

Plaintiff, Timothy Watts, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Following remand from the Ninth Circuit (Doc. 49), by concurrent 

order, Defendants have been granted leave to file a motion for summary judgment on exhaustion, 

restricted to Plaintiff’s deliberate indifference claim regarding medical appliances. Pursuant to 

Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 2012), cert denied, 135 S.Ct. 228 (2014), Rand v. 

Rowland, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and Klingele v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409 (9th Cir. 1988), 

the Court hereby notifies Plaintiff of the rights and requirements for opposing the motion.

1. Unless otherwise ordered, all motions for summary judgment are briefed in accordance 

with Local Rule 230(l). 

2. Plaintiff is required to file an opposition or a statement of non-opposition to a motion 

for summary judgment. Local Rule 230(l). If Plaintiff fails to file an opposition or a statement of 

non-opposition to the motion, this action may be dismissed, with prejudice, for failure to 

prosecute. The opposition or statement of non-opposition must be filed not more than 21 days 

after the date of service of the motion. Id. 

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3. A motion for summary judgment is a request for judgment on some or all of Plaintiff=s 

claims in favor of Defendants without trial. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). Defendants= motion must set 

forth the facts which they contend are not reasonably subject to dispute and that entitle them to 

judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c). This is called the “Statement of Undisputed 

Facts.” Local Rule 260(a).

Plaintiff has the right to oppose a motion for summary judgment. To oppose the motion, 

Plaintiff must show proof of his claims. Plaintiff may agree with the facts in Defendants= motion,

but argue that Defendants are not entitled to judgment as a matter of law. 

In the alternative, if Plaintiff does not agree with the facts in Defendants= motion, Plaintiff 

may show that Defendants= facts are disputed in one or more of the following ways: (1) Plaintiff 

may rely upon statements made under the penalty of perjury in the complaint or the opposition if

(a) the complaint or opposition shows that Plaintiff has personal knowledge of the matters stated 

and (b) Plaintiff calls to the Court=s attention those parts of the complaint or opposition upon 

which Plaintiff relies; (2) Plaintiff may serve and file declarations setting forth the facts which 

Plaintiff believes prove his claims;1(3) Plaintiff may rely upon written records but Plaintiff must 

prove that the records are what he claims they are;2or (4) Plaintiff may rely upon all or any part 

of the transcript of one or more depositions, answers to interrogatories, or admissions obtained in 

this proceeding. Should Plaintiff fail to contradict Defendants= motion with declarations or other 

evidence, Defendants= evidence will be taken as truth, and final judgment may be entered without 

a full trial. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e).

In opposing Defendants' motion for summary judgment, Local Rule 260(b) requires 

Plaintiff to reproduce Defendants' itemized facts in the Statement of Undisputed Facts and admit 

those facts which are undisputed and deny those which are disputed. If Plaintiff disputes (denies) 

 

1A declaration is a written statement setting forth facts (1) which are admissible in evidence, (2) which are based on 

the personal knowledge of the person giving the statement, and (3) to which the person giving the statement is 

competent to testify. 28 U.S.C. ' 1746; Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(4). A declaration must be dated and signed under 

penalty of perjury as follows: AI declare (or certify, verify or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true 

and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature).@ 28 U.S.C. ' 1746. 

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Sworn or certified copies of all papers referred to in the declaration must be included and served on the opposing 

party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e). 

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a fact, Plaintiff must cite to the evidence used to support that denial (e.g., pleading, declaration, 

deposition, interrogatory answer, admission, or other document). Local Rule 260(b).

4. If discovery has not yet been opened or if discovery is still open and Plaintiff is not yet 

able to present facts to justify the opposition to the motion, the Court will consider a request to 

postpone consideration of Defendants' motion. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d). Any request to postpone 

consideration of Defendants' motion for summary judgment must include the following: (1) a 

declaration setting forth the specific facts Plaintiff hopes to elicit from further discovery, (2) a 

showing that the facts exist, and (3) a showing that the facts are essential to opposing the motion 

for summary judgment. Blough v. Holland Realty, Inc., 574 F.3d 1084, 1091 n.5 (9th Cir. 2009); 

Tatum v. City and County of San Francisco, 441 F.3d 1090, 1100-01 (9th Cir. 2006); State of 

California v. Campbell, 138 F.3d 772, 779 (9th Cir. 1998). The request to postpone the motion 

for summary judgment must identify what information is sought and how it would preclude 

summary judgment. Blough, 574 F.3d at 1091 n.5; Tatum, 441 F.3d at 1100-01; Margolis v. 

Ryan, 140 F.3d 850, 853 (9th Cir. 1998); Local Rule 260(b). 

5. Unsigned declarations will be stricken, and declarations not signed under penalty of 

perjury have no evidentiary value.

6. The failure of any party to comply with this order, the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, or the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California may result in the imposition of 

sanctions, including but not limited to a recommendation that the action be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 2, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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