Pinzon v. Jensen et al

Filing 73

ORDER PERMITTING ADDITIONAL BRIEFING and GRANTING leave to plaintiff to file opposition to the pending summary judgment motions, documents 55 and 68 , which opposition is due by 6/30/2011, and defendants a reply date of 7/8/2011, and FURTHER VACATING the 6/20/2011 hearing on said motions for summary judgment; order signed by Chief Judge Anthony W. Ishii on 6/13/2011. (Rooney, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ABRAHAM G. PINZON,
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Plaintiff,
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RON JENSEN, RON JENSEN
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CONSTRUCTION, PINECREST
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MARKET, DAN VAUGHN, and DOES 1- )
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Defendants.
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CIV-F-08-1543 AWI SKO
ORDER PERMITTING
ADDITIONAL BRIEFING AND
VACATING HEARING OF JUNE 20,
2011

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Defendants Dan Vaughn and Pinecrest Market have made separate motions for summary
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judgment. Plaintiff Abraham Pinzon is a pro se litigant. He has filed an opposition to Defendant
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Vaughn’s motion but not filed any opposition to Defendant Pinecrest’s motion. In his opposition
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to Defendant Vaughn’s motion, Plaintiff has provided argumentation, but not evidence. In order
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to proceed to trial, Plaintiff must first defend against these summary judgment motions. Since
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Plaintiff is proceeding without an attorney, the court is inclined to give him a second chance to
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file a proper opposition to the motions.
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Plaintiff must comply with all applicable rules. The local rules are available online at
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http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caed/DOCUMENTS/localRules/EDCA%20Local%20Rules%20E
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ffective%202.8.11.pdf. Local Rule 260 describes the summary judgment process, in particular
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(b) Opposition. Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment or summary
adjudication shall reproduce the itemized facts in the Statement of Undisputed Facts and
admit those facts that are undisputed and deny those that are disputed, including with
each denial a citation to the particular portions of any pleading, affidavit, deposition,
interrogatory answer, admission, or other document relied upon in support of that denial.
The opposing party may also file a concise ‘Statement of Disputed Facts,’ and the source
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thereof in the record, of all additional material facts as to which there is a genuine issue
precluding summary judgment or adjudication. The opposing party shall be responsible
for the filing of all evidentiary documents cited in the opposing papers. See Local Rule
133(j). If a need for discovery is asserted as a basis for denial of the motion, the party
opposing the motion shall provide a specification of the particular facts on which
discovery is to be had or the issues on which discovery is necessary.

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Local Rule 142 describes affidavits:
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(a) Requirements. An affidavit, see Local Rule 101, submitted in support of any motion
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(1) identify the affiant, the party or parties on whose behalf it is submitted, and the
motion to which it pertains, see Local Rule 133(h);
(2) be served on all other parties and filed with the motion, opposition or reply to
which it relates, unless accompanied by an affidavit of counsel purporting to show
good cause for the separate filing thereof; and
(3) identify, authenticate, and attach documents and exhibits offered in support of
or in opposition to the motion, unless such documents and exhibits are already in
the record and specifically referred to in the motion or opposition.
(b) Affidavits Referencing Depositions. When deposition testimony is referenced in or
appended to an affidavit, the party filing the affidavit shall comply with Local Rule
133(j).

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Affidavits must also comply with 28 U.S.C. §1746:
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Wherever, under any law of the United States or under any rule, regulation, order, or
requirement made pursuant to law, any matter is required or permitted to be supported,
evidenced, established, or proved by the sworn declaration, verification, certificate,
statement, oath, or affidavit, in writing of the person making the same (other than a
deposition, or an oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official
other than a notary public), such matter may, with like force and effect, be supported,
evidenced, established, or proved by the unsworn declaration, certificate, verification, or
statement, in writing of such person which is subscribed by him, as true under penalty of
perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form:
(1) If executed without the United States: ‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state)
under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature)’.
(2) If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions, or
commonwealths: ‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature)’.

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Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the previously set hearing date of June 20,
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2011, is VACATED, and no party shall appear at that time. Plaintiff is granted leave to file
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opposition to the two motions for summary judgment by June 30, 2011. Defendants may then
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file replies by July 8, 2011.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:
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June 13, 2011
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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