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Parties Involved:
Nancy A. Berryhill
Defendant
Alan Brinker
Plaintiff

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALAN BRINKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-05099-SI 

ORDER GRANTING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO 

ENLARGE TIME AND 

ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING 

CASE

Re: Dkt. No. 45

Plaintiff Alan Brinker, who is representing himself pro se in this Social Security case, has 

filed an administrative motion to enlarge the time for him to file his motion for summary judgment. 

Dkt. No. 45. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was originally due in January 2019, and the 

Court has since granted plaintiff a number of extensions of time to file his motion. See Dkt. Nos. 

28, 32, 36. Most recently, the Court set a final deadline of September 27, 2019, for plaintiff to file 

his motion or else his case would be closed for failure to prosecute. Dkt. Nos. 42, 44.

The Court has reviewed plaintiff’s most recent administrative motion for an enlargement of 

time. The Court does not wish to unfairly burden plaintiff. It is apparent from the contents of his 

motion that a number of issues, medical and otherwise, require his attention and are taking away 

from his ability to prosecute this case at this time. Plaintiff has asked “that the Court allow me to 

go forward with the case a month at a time until I am able to do more significant work on the case.” 

Dkt. No. 45 at 6. 

Accordingly, the Court finds it appropriate to STAY further action and 

ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE this case. This will allow plaintiff the time he needs to gather 

documents, conduct research, and write his motion, while also allowing the Court to manage its 

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docket.1 Once plaintiff is ready to file his motion for summary judgment, he may contact the Court 

to re-open this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 26, 2019

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

 

1 For the reasons stated in its prior orders, see Dkt. Nos. 36, 38, the Court will not at this 

time order further production of records or order library access. Rather, by administratively closing

the case, plaintiff is essentially receiving an indefinite extension of time to allow him to search for 

any additional materials he may need. 

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