Williams v. Anderson

Filing 62

ORDER REGARDING Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's Request for Extension of Scheduling Order signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 8/1/2014. OVERRULED. (Sant Agata, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SYLESTER WILLIAMS,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
SERGEANT R. ANDERSON, et al.,

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Defendant.

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[ECF No. 61]

On June 30, 2014, Defendant requested and this Court granted his request to extend the
scheduling deadline. Defendant requested a fourteen day extension to and including July 14, 2014.
On July 31, 2014, Plaintiff filed an opposition to the Court’s order granting Defendant’s

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ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S
OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S REQUEST
FOR EXTENSION OF SCHEDULING ORDER

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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Case No.: 1:10-cv-01250-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff Sylester Williams is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action

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request to extend the scheduling deadline because the deadline was extended to July 24, 2014.

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Although Defendant requested only until July 14, 2014, and the Court granted until July 24,

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2014, to file a motion for summary judgment (which was filed by Defendant on this date), Plaintiff

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fails to demonstrate and the Court does not find any prejudice to Plaintiff as a result. Indeed,

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Plaintiff’s case is proceeding in an expeditious manner and Plaintiff’s ability to litigate this action

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efficiently has not been impacted by the Court’s June 30, 2014, order granting Defendant’s extension

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of the scheduling deadline. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s objection to such order is OVERRULED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

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August 1, 2014
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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