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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES L. STEVENSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. JONES,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-05241-SI 

ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 16

The order of service stated that, “[i]f defendant files a motion for summary judgment, 

defendant must provide to plaintiff a new Rand notice regarding summary judgment procedures at 

the time he files such a motion. See Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934, 939 (9th Cir. 2012).” Docket 

No. 6 at 3. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 16) was not accompanied by 

a Rand notice. The failure to comply with the Rand and Woods notice requirement continues to be 

a quick route to reversal if a motion for summary judgment is granted. See, e.g., Nelson v. Peck, 

Ninth Cir. No. 12-16805 (9th Cir. Nov. 23, 2016) (provision of Rand notice at outset of case but 

not concurrently with the motion for summary judgment was reversible error). To avoid the 

possibility of such a reversal, defendant’s motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 16) is 

DENIED for failure to provide the Rand notice. The denial of the motion for summary judgment 

is without prejudice to defendant filing a new motion for summary judgment that is accompanied 

by a Rand notice. 

The court now sets the following briefing schedule for the new motion for summary 

judgment: Defendant must file and serve a new motion for summary judgment with a Rand notice 

no later than December 23, 2016. Plaintiff must file and serve his opposition to the new motion 

for summary judgment no later than January 20, 2017. If plaintiff does not file a new opposition, 

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the court will consider his opposition filed on November 14, 2016 in ruling upon the new motion 

for summary judgment. Defendant must file and serve his reply (if any) no later than February 3, 

2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 5, 2016

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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