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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

TIMOTHY HOWARD,

Plaintiff,

vs.

G. GONZALES, 

Defendant.

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1:12cv00487 LJO DLB PC

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO VACATE WRIT

(Document 63)

ORDER RESCHEDULING 

EVIDENTIARY HEARING

Date: May 11, 2015

Time: 10:00 a.m.

The Honorable Dennis L. Beck, Courtroom 6

Plaintiff Timothy Howard (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action on March 30, 2012. He filed a First Amended Complaint 

on June 27, 2014. 

The Court set an evidentiary hearing to determine an exhaustion issue for April 15, 2015, 

at 10:00 a.m. 

On March 16, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to vacate the writ, explaining that in a 

settlement demand in another action, he offered to dismiss this action. A settlement conference 

in Howard v. Wang, 1:10-cv-01783 DLB, is set for April 2, 2015. Plaintiff therefore believes 

that the evidentiary hearing in this action should be rescheduled pending the outcome of the 

settlement discussions.

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Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED IN PART. While the Court will not vacate the writ at 

this time, it will reschedule the hearing for May 11, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 6, Seventh 

Floor of the United States Courthouse in Fresno, California. The Court will issue an amended 

writ by separate order.

The hearing will commence and be completed that afternoon, and will be limited to the 

issue of whether Plaintiff’s January 8, 2010, appeal exhausted his retaliation claim. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 19, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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