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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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 Local Rule 72-303(b), states “rulings by Magistrate Judges shall be final if no

reconsideration thereof is sought from the Court within ten court days . . . from the date of

service of the ruling on the parties.” However, defendants timely sought, and were granted, two

extensions of time to file their request for reconsideration. See Orders, filed on December 22,

2005 and January 14, 2005. 

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 Plaintiff’s motion was originally filed on October 16, 2003, vacated by order filed on

September 9, 2004, and deemed re-filed and re-submitted by the filed date of the order that is at

issue herein.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLARENCE O. SMITH,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-02-1473 LKK GGH P

vs.

M.R. MALDONADO, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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On January 20, 2005, plaintiff filed a request for reconsideration of the magistrate

judge’s order filed December 2, 2004,1 vacating defendants’ May 21, 2004 motion for summary

judgment without prejudice, and granting in part and denying in part plaintiff’s December 2,

2004 motion to compel production.2 Pursuant to E.D. Local Rule 72-303(f), a magistrate judge’s

orders shall be upheld unless “clearly erroneous or contrary to law.” Upon review of the entire

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file, the court finds that it does not appear that the magistrate judge’s ruling was clearly

erroneous or contrary to law.

 Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, upon reconsideration, the order of the

magistrate judge filed December 2, 2004, is affirmed. 

DATED: May 19, 2005.

/s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

/smit1473.850

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