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Parties Involved:
Nancy A. Berryhill
Defendant
Alan Brinker
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

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 EXTENDING DEADLINES

AND RE: REQUEST FOR SUBPOENAS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 24, 26, 27

Plaintiff Alan Brinker is representing himself pro se in this Social Security appeal. His 

motion for summary judgment or remand was originally due in January 2019. When plaintiff missed 

his filing deadline, the Court contacted him, and he stated that he had not received any documents 

from defendant and that he was having issues with the postal service. Accordingly, the Court re-set 

the deadlines, making plaintiff’s motion due February 27, 2019. Docket No. 23.

Plaintiff has since filed several documents: a notice of change of address; a letter explaining 

why he cannot meet his filing deadline; a stipulation requesting a ninety-day extension of the filing 

deadlines; and a request for subpoenas. Docket Nos. 24, 25, 26, 27.

I. Extension of Deadlines

The Court has reviewed plaintiff’s letter and the stipulation and GRANTS the request for a 

ninety-day extension of the filing deadlines. Plaintiff shall serve and file a motion for summary 

judgment or for remand no later than May 28, 2019. Defendant shall serve and file any 

opposition or counter-motion for summary judgment no later than June 25, 2019. Plaintiff may 

file and serve a reply no later than July 9, 2019.

The Court cautions that a ninety-day extension of the deadlines is a significant extension of 

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time, and the Court will not be inclined to grant additional extensions in this case.

II. Request for Subpoenas

Plaintiff also filed a letter dated February 19, 2019, addressed to the Clerk of Court and 

requesting: “Please send me 6 subpoenas in case #3:18-cv-5099-SI in the enclosed envelope.” 

Docket No. 24. A subpoena is not required in order for plaintiff to request documents from a party 

to this lawsuit. If plaintiff is attempting to obtain documents from persons who are not parties, 

plaintiff may get a blank subpoena form from the Clerk’s Office or online at 

www.cand.uscourts.gov/civilforms for any production of documents or inspection for cases pending 

in the Northern District of California.

III. Help for Pro Se Litigants

The Court advises that free information is available to pro se litigants from the Legal Help 

Desk and the Federal Pro Se Program, if needed. Help Desks are located at the San Francisco and 

Oakland Courthouses and assistance is available by appointment. To make an appointment with the 

San Francisco or Oakland Help Desk, call: (415) 782-8982. The Federal Pro Se Program is located 

at the San Jose Courthouse. To make an appointment with the Federal Pro Se Program in San Jose, 

call: (408) 297-1480. See also http://cand.uscourts.gov/helpcentersj.

The Clerk’s Office also has a handbook for pro se litigants, entitled Representing Yourself 

in Federal Court: A Handbook for Pro Se Litigants. The handbook is available free of charge from 

the Clerk’s Office or can be downloaded online at: https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/prosehandbook.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 27, 2019

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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