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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 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARIO TRUJILLO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FRANCISCO JACQUEZ, ET AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 10-cv-05183-YGR 

NOTICE OF TENTATIVE RULING AND 

HEARING

Re: Dkt. No. 196 

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE 

FOLLOWING: 

Having reviewed the papers submitted and the record in this case, the Court tentatively

rules as follows on defendants’ pending motions (Dkt. No. 196): 

1. Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment for failure to exhaust administrative 

remedies is tentatively: 

a. DENIED as to Count III (conditions of confinement). 

b. GRANTED as to Count IV (retaliation) only insofar as that claim alleges 

retaliation through issuance of a false rules violation report. 

c. GRANTED as to Count V (conspiracy) except as to its allegations against 

defendants Polk and Reynoso in connection with purportedly false 

statements that sent plaintiff to contraband surveillance watch. 

d. GRANTED as to Count VI (supervisor liability). 

2. Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is tentatively (1) GRANTED as 

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to Count II on the ground that it fails to state a cognizable claim for relief and (2) 

DENIED as to Counts II-V on statute of limitations grounds on the basis that those 

claims relate back to the initial complaint in this action. 

The Court SETS a hearing on this motion for January 27, 2015 on the 2 p.m. calendar in 

Courtroom 1 of the U.S. District Court, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California. The parties shall 

advise the Court by January 20, 2015 as to whether they submit to the tentative ruling. If both 

sides submit to the tentative ruling, then the January 27 hearing will be taken off calendar and a 

comprehensive order shall issue. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 13, 2015 

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 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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