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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

KELVIN X. SINGLETON, 

Plaintiff,

v.

A. HEDGEPATH, et al.,

Defendants.

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1:08-cv-00095-AWI-GSA-PC

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO RENEW

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(Doc. 118.) 

Plaintiff Kelvin X. Singleton (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in

forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 2,

2010, Plaintiff filed a motion to renew his motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 118.)

As Plaintiff reminds the court, the court's order of November 8, 2010 denied Plaintiff's

prior motion for partial summary judgment as premature because it was filed before Defendants

had a realistic opportunity to conduct discovery. (Doc. 99.) The court denied the prior motion

without prejudice to renewal of the motion at a later stage of the proceedings. Id. The deadline

for conducting discovery in this action expired on November 30, 2010. Therefore, good cause

appearing, Plaintiff's request to renew his motion for summary judgment shall be granted. 

Plaintiff is advised that the renewed motion must be complete in itself, without reference to the

prior motion. Plaintiff must file the renewed motion on or before the deadline in this action for

the parties to file pretrial dispositive motions.

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Plaintiff also requests the court to issue an order requiring defendants to file a response to

Plaintiff's renewed motion. Defendants are not required to respond to the renewed motion until

after Plaintiff has filed it. Local Rule 230(l). Therefore, this request is denied.

Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's request to renew his motion for summary judgment, filed on December

2, 2010, is GRANTED;

2. Plaintiff is GRANTED leave to file a new motion for summary judgment, on or

before the deadline to file pretrial dispositive motions; and 1

3. Plaintiff's request for a court order requiring defendants to respond to his renewed

motion is DENIED without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 15, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The current deadline for the parties to file pretrial dispositive motions is February 7, 2011, pursuant to the

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court's scheduling order of March 31, 2010. (Doc. 47.)

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