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Parties Involved:
Ledbetter
Defendant
Aaron D. Seymour
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AARON D. SEYMOUR,

Plaintiff,

v.

LEDBETTER,

Defendant.

Case No.: 1:22-cv-00989-JLT-CDB (PC)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING 

WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE 

IMPOSED FOR PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE 

TO FILE AN OPPOSITION OR 

STATEMENT OF NON-OPPOSITION

14-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Aaron D. Seymour is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds against Defendant Ledbetter for 

violations of Plaintiff’s First and Eighth Amendment rights. 

I. INTRODUCTION

On January 16, 2024, the Court issued its Discovery and Scheduling Order. (Doc. 35.) 

On November 25, 2024, Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment challenging the 

merits of Plaintiff’s claims. (Doc. 36.) Defendant’s motion included a Rand1 warning (Doc. 36-2), 

specifically addressing the requirements concerning an opposition to a motion for summary 

judgment. Despite the passage of more than 21 days, Plaintiff has failed to file an opposition or 

statement of non-opposition to Defendant’s summary judgment motion. 

1 Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998). 

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II. DISCUSSION

Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerns summary judgment. It provides, 

in relevant part:

Failure to Properly Support of Address a Fact. If a party fails to 

properly support an assertion of fact or fails to properly address 

another party’s assertion of fact as required by Rule 56(c), the court 

may:

(1) give an opportunity to properly support or address the fact;

(2) consider the fact undisputed for purposes of the motion; 

(3) grant summary judgment if the motion and supporting 

materials—including the facts considered undisputed—show 

that the movant is entitled to it; or

(4) issue any other appropriate order.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e). This Court’s Local Rules, corresponding with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 11, provide that a “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules or with 

any order of the Court may be grounds for the imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions 

authorized by statute or Rule or within the inherent power of the Court.” See Local Rule 110. 

Further, Local Rule 230 states: 

Opposition, if any, to the granting of a motion shall be served and 

filed by the responding party not more than twenty-one (21) days 

after the date of service of the motion. A responding party who has 

no opposition to the granting of the motion shall serve and file a 

statement to that effect, specifically designating the motion in 

question. Failure of the responding party to file an opposition or 

statement of no opposition may be deemed a waiver of any 

opposition to the granting of the motion and may result in the 

imposition of sanctions.

Local Rule 230(l). Therefore, Plaintiff’s opposition or statement of non-opposition to Defendant’s 

pending motion for summary judgment was due on or before December 16, 2024, plus time for 

mailing. Plaintiff has failed to timely file an opposition or statement of non-opposition, and the 

time to do so has now passed. 

III. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to show cause in writing, within 14 days of 

the date of service of this order, why sanctions should not be imposed for his failure to comply 

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with the Local Rules. Alternatively, within that same time, Plaintiff may file an opposition or 

statement of non-opposition to Defendant’s motion for summary judgment filed November 25, 

2024. 

Any failure by Plaintiff to timely respond to this Order may result in a 

recommendation that this action be dismissed for a failure to obey court orders and a 

failure to prosecute.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 27, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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