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Parties Involved:
Archie Cranford
Plaintiff
Christina Crawford
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARCHIE CRANFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHRISTINA CRAWFORD, 

Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:14-cv-00055-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF No. 

42)

Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s First

Amended Complaint against Defendant Christina Crawford for inadequate medical care 

in violation of his substantive Due Process rights. 

On March 11, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 42.) 

On March 24, 2016, Defendant filed objections to Plaintiff’s motion asking this Court to 

strike Plaintiff’s motion as untimely. (ECF No. 44.) Plaintiff filed an opposition to the 

objections. (ECF No. 45.) 

The deadline for filing dispositive motions was June 15, 2015, nearly nine months 

ago. (ECF No. 21.) A pretrial conference is set for July 7, 2016, and trial is set 

commence September 7, 2016. (ECF No. 40.) Plaintiff presents no reason why he 

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should be permitted to file a dispositive motion at this late date. His motion is untimely 

and was filed without the Court’s authorization. It will be stricken on that basis. See Local 

Rule 110. 

Based on the foregoing, Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 42) is 

HEREBY STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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