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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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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Schedule Status Conference; 

Lopez v. Schwarzenegger, 2:09-cv-1760 MCE AC P 1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

 

 

 

ANDREW R. LOPEZ, No. 2:09-cv-01760 MCE AC P 

 Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

 ORDER TO SCHEDULE

 v. STATUS CONFERENCE

 

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., 

 

 Defendants. 

 

 The parties previously stipulated and agreed to extend the date for filing a status 

conference memorandum to March 28, 2016, on the basis that plaintiff’s counsel had not 

been cleared by the Attorney Visiting Officer at Pelican Bay State Prison because it was 

asserted that counsel’s background records check needed to be corrected with 

additional information. After many unsuccessful attempts to comply with prison staff’s 

request, on March 9, 2016, counsel filed a motion in plaintiff’s other pending case, Lopez 

v. Peterson et al., 2:98-cv-02111-MCE-EFB-P 1 (Doc. #452), for an order directing Pelican 

Bay State Prison to grant my request for clearance. The day after the motion was filed, 

the clearance was granted by the Attorney Visiting Officer and the motion was 

 1 The proposed order mistakenly identified this case number as 2:98-cv-01112-MCE-EFB-P. 

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Schedule Status Conference; 

Lopez v. Schwarzenegger, 2:09-cv-1760 MCE AC P 2

withdrawn. (Doc. #453.) The next available date counsel had for the trip to Pelican Bay 

was March 21, and the visit with Mr. Lopez occurred on March 23. 

 However, at the meeting it was discovered that despite his requests Mr. Lopez 

had not been provided his legal papers in the Peterson or the Schwarzenegger matters. 

Consequently, he had not been able to review the materials prior to our meeting and to 

adequately consult with counsel. Further, shortly after Mr. Lopez transferred to Pelican 

Bay on January 29, 2016, his long prescribed pain medication for his chronic back pain 

was terminated and nothing other than aspirin was provided in its place. 

Consequently, Mr. Lopez has been able to sleep only two to three hours per night and is 

currently thoroughly fatigued. 

Counsel had conferred with defendants’ counsel, Matthew Ross Wilson, about 

the need to postpone the conference memorandum filing date at this time to allow 

counsel to file a motion in this case and Peterson for orders regarding Mr. Lopez’s access 

to his legal material and to rectify his medical issue. A similar issue was presented in 

Mr. Lopez’s pending pro per case, Lopez v. Cate et al., 1:10-cv-01773-DAD-SKO-P,2

wherein the Deputy Attorney General interceded to have his legal files provided to him 

at Pelican Bay. (See 1:10-cv-01773, Doc. #166.) The motions will be filed by April 1, 

2016, and hopefully, an adequate opportunity to meet and confer with plaintiff would 

soon follow. 

Defendants’ counsel has no opposition to plaintiff’s request and thereby the 

parties stipulate to postponing the filing of conference memorandum based on the 

April 1, 2016, filing of plaintiff’s motion in this case and Peterson. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Schedule Status Conference; 

Lopez v. Schwarzenegger, 2:09-cv-1760 MCE AC P 3

Dated: March 25, 2016 

 /s/Robert Navarro 

 ROBERT NAVARRO 

 Attorney for Andrew Rick Lopez 

Dated: March 25, 2016 WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES

 /s/Matthew Ross Wilson 

MATTHEW ROSS WILSON 

Attorneys for defendants 

BEARD, WILLIAMS, PARK, GARCIA, 

BERNA, CRONJAGER, GOMEZ, 

FLOREZ, McCLURE, BUECHNER, BURT, 

FISCHER, RUFF and KISSEL 

 

ORDER 

 Based on the parties’ stipulation and good cause appearing, it is ordered that: 

 The parties’ request to postpone the filing of a joint statement in accordance with 

this Court’s order of March 17, 2015, declaring their ability to go forward and any 

matters related to further proceedings in this case, pending the April 1, 2016, filing of 

plaintiff’s motion for orders regarding provision of his legal materials and remedying 

his medical issue, and having a more adequate consultation with his attorney regarding 

the status of this case, IS HEREBY GRANTED. 

 Further, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Office of the California Attorney 

General shall promptly cooperate with plaintiff’s counsel and the Litigation 

Coordinator at Pelican Bay State Prison to attempt to obtain plaintiff’s access to his legal 

materials and to address plaintiff’s medication problem without need for a motion filed 

in this court. Additionally, on or before Friday, May 6, 2016, the parties shall file their 

joint statement in accordance with this Court’s order filed March 17, 2015, see ECF No. 

225, unless a joint request for extension of time is timely submitted and demonstrates 

good cause for further delay. 

DATED: March 28, 2016 

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