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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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 Also included in the list of defendants in the motion is Corrections Corporation of

America ("CCA"). However, CCA was dismissed by the district court in the screening order

(Doc. #6) back on September 9, 2004.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Yingzhi C. Zhang, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Corrections Corporation of America, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 04-1185-PHX-ROS (ECV)

ORDER

Defendants Stolc, Matlock and Battaglia1

 have filed a second Motion to Extend

Deadlines (Doc. #65) in which they seek a 60-day extension of the discovery deadline, the

dispositive motion deadline and the joint proposed pretrial order deadline. Defendants

contend that they have had difficulty obtaining Plaintiff's immigration documents which they

claim are essential to defending this action. Plaintiff filed a Response (Doc. #66) in which

he argues that Defendants have created their own problems obtaining documents by making

requests to the wrong governmental agencies. He also contends that Immigration and

Customs Enforcement will not provide him, or any other immigration detainee, with a copy

of his immigration file. Defendants filed a Reply (Doc. #67) in which they contend that the

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immigration file contains information that is crucial to the defense of this matter and because

of the difficulties encountered in obtaining these records, they need additional time.

This action alleges violations of civil rights based on Plaintiff's confinement at a CCA

facility. Thus, the court is not convinced that the information in Plaintiff's immigration file

is relevant to his allegations in this action. Defendants claim in their reply that the

immigration file includes "all institutional and medical/mental health records from CCA."

They cite no source for this assertion. The affidavit attached to their reply from a CCA

employee refers to the information contained in Plaintiff's "institutional" file but it says

nothing about the contents of Plaintiff's immigration file. 

In the previous order granting Defendants' request for a 90 day extension, the court

explained that "[g]iven the length of the extension, the court will not consider any additional

extensions absent extraordinary circumstances." Doc. #58. Since then, Defendants appear

to have made little progress in their attempts to obtain the documents they are seeking.

Moreover, given the numerous unsuccessful FOIA and other requests they have made, the

court questions whether they are likely to obtain the documents anytime soon. However, in

light of what appear to be good faith efforts to obtain discovery, the court will grant one final

extension of one month to provide Defendants with one final opportunity to obtain the

documents they are seeking.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:

That Defendants' Motion to Extend Deadlines (Doc. #65) is granted;

That the deadline for completion of discovery is extended to March 31, 2006;

That the dispositive motion deadline is extended to May 31, 2006; and

That the deadline for filing the joint proposed pretrial order is extended to July 31,

2006; and

No additional extensions will be granted. 

DATED this 17th day of March, 2006.

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