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Parties Involved:
Michael Chertoff
Defendant
Percy Orum
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Docket No. 37.

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Docket No. 43.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ORUM,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

 MICHAEL CHERTOFF,

Defendant. /

No. C04-02923 MJJ

C05-0795 MJJ

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Before the Court is a Defendant Michael Chertoff’s, Secretary of Homeland Security

(“Defendant”), untimely Motion for Summary Judgment.1

 Also before the Court is Defendant’s Ex

Parte Application Deeming its Motion for Summary Judgment Timely Filed.2

 Pro se Plaintiff Percy

Orum (“Plaintiff”) opposes Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. For the following reasons,

the Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment as untimely and DENIES

Defendant’s Ex Parte Application.

On September 5, 2006, this Court issued the operative Pretrial Order requiring dispositive

motions to be heard by June 12, 2007. However, Defendant did not file the current motion until

June 12, 2007. Because Defendant has failed to offer reasons for its delay that comport with the

applicable Local Rules, the Court finds its Ex Parte Application unconvincing and accordingly finds

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its Motion for Summary Judgment untimely. 

For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment

as untimely and DENIES Defendant’s Ex Parte Application.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 17, 2007 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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