Le v. Arizona Department of Corrections et al

Filing 78

ORDER granting 74 Defendants' Motion for a Notice. ORDER that Plaintiff may file a supplemental response to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment 72 no later than 15 days from the date of entry of this Order. Defendants may file a reply within 15 days after service of Plaintiff's supplemental response. Signed by Senior Judge Robert C Broomfield on 6/14/13.(TLJ)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Hai Van Le,

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No. CV 11-0744-PHX-RCB
Plaintiff,

vs.

ORDER

Arizona Department of Corrections, et
al.,
Defendants.

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On May 26, 2013, Defendants filed a second Motion for Summary Judgment

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pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. (Doc. 72.) On June 11, 2013, they filed

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a motion for the Court to provide a notice pursuant to Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952,

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960 (9th Cir. 1998). (Doc. 74.) On June 12, 2013, Plaintiff filed his response and cross-

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motion. (Docs. 75, 76.) The Court will provide the Rand notice and give Plaintiff 15

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days from the date of this Order to file a supplemental response to Defendants’ Motion

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for Summary Judgment, if he chooses to do so.

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The Court is responsible for making a pro se prisoner “aware of the requirements

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and consequences” of a motion for summary judgment. Rand, 154 F.3d at 960. In

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particular, a prisoner must be “‘informed of his or her right to file counter-affidavits or

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other responsive evidentiary materials and be alerted to the fact that failure to do so might

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result in the entry of . . . judgment against the prisoner.’” Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d

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1108, 1114 n.6 (9th Cir. 2003).

A prisoner should be notified that if he “fails to

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controvert the moving party with opposing counter-affidavits or other evidence, the

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moving party’s evidence might be taken as the truth, and final judgment may be entered

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against the prisoner.” Id.

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NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF
THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT
The Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment seeks to have your case
dismissed. A motion for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56
will, if granted, end your case.
Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a motion for summary
judgment. Generally, summary judgment must be granted when there is no genuine issue
of material fact—that is, if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the
result of your case, the party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as
a matter of law, which will end your case. When a party you are suing makes a motion
for summary judgment that is properly supported by declarations (or other sworn
testimony), you cannot simply rely on what your complaint says. Instead, you must set
out specific facts in declarations, depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated
documents, as provided in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts shown in the Defendants’
declarations and documents and show that there is a genuine issue of material fact for
trial. If you do not submit your own evidence in opposition, summary judgment, if
appropriate, may be entered against you. If summary judgment is granted, your case will
be dismissed and there will be no trial.
Local Rule of Civil Procedure 56.1(b) also requires that you include with your
response to the Motion for Summary Judgment a separate statement of facts in opposition
to the Motion for Summary Judgment. Your separate statement of facts must include
numbered paragraphs corresponding to the Defendants’ (“moving party’s”) separate
statement of facts:

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(b) Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment shall file a
statement, separate from that party’s memorandum of law, setting forth: (1) for
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each paragraph of the moving party’s separate statement of facts, a
correspondingly numbered paragraph indicating whether the party disputes the
statement of fact set forth in that paragraph and a reference to the specific
admissible portion of the record supporting the party’s position [for example,
affidavit, deposition, discovery response, etc.] if the fact is disputed; and
(2) any additional facts that establish a genuine issue of material fact or
otherwise preclude judgment in favor of the moving party. Each additional fact
shall be set forth in a separately numbered paragraph and shall refer to a
specific admissible portion of the record where the fact finds support. Each
numbered paragraph of the statement of facts set forth in the moving party’s
separate statement of facts shall, unless otherwise ordered, be deemed admitted
for purposes of the motion for summary judgment if not specifically
controverted by a correspondingly numbered paragraph in the opposing party’s
separate statement of facts.

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LRCiv 56.1(b). You must also cite to the specific paragraph in your statement of facts
that supports any factual claims you make in your memorandum of law:
(e) Memoranda of law filed in support of or in opposition to a
motion for summary judgment, including reply memoranda, shall include
citations to the specific paragraph in the statement of facts that supports
factual assertions made in the memoranda.
LR.Civ 56.1(e).
Additionally, you must comply with the following provisions of Rule 7.2 of the
Local Rules of Civil Procedure:

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(e) Length of Motions and Memoranda. Unless otherwise
permitted by the Court, a motion including its supporting memorandum,
and the response including its supporting memorandum, each shall not
exceed seventeen (17) pages, exclusive of attachments and any required
statement of facts. Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a reply
including its supporting memorandum shall not exceed eleven (11) pages,
exclusive of attachments.

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(i) Briefs or Memoranda of Law; Effect of Non-Compliance. If
a motion does not conform in all substantial respects with the requirements
of this Local Rule, or if the unrepresented party or counsel does not serve
and file the required answering memoranda, or if the unrepresented party or
counsel fails to appear at the time and place assigned for oral argument,
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such non-compliance may be deemed a consent to the denial or granting of
the motion and the Court may dispose of the motion summarily.

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LRCiv 7.2.

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You must timely respond to all motions. The Court may, in its discretion, treat

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your failure to respond to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment as a consent to the

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granting of that motion without further notice, and judgment may be entered dismissing

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this action with prejudice pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7.2(i). See Brydges

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v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam).

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IT IS ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for a Notice pursuant to Rand v.
Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 960 (9th Cir. 1998) (Doc. 74) is hereby granted.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff may file a supplemental response to

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Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 72), together with a separate

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Statement of Facts and supporting affidavits or other appropriate exhibits, no later

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than 15 days from the date of entry of this Order.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants may file a reply within 15 days
after service of Plaintiff’s supplemental response, if any.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 72)

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will be deemed ready for decision without oral argument on the day following the date

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set for filing a reply unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

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DATED this 14th day of June, 2013.

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