Hazeltine v. Hicks et al

Filing 62

ORDER for Defendants to Respond to Plaintiff's Motion to Declare a Confict of Interest within Thirty Days, signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 12/29/16. (Verduzco, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RICK A. HAZELTINE,

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1:14-cv-00056-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff,

ORDER FOR DEFENDANTS TO
RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO
DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
(ECF No. 55.)

vs.

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FRANCES HICKS, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Rick A. Hazeltine (APlaintiff@) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se with this civil rights

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action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s First Amended

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Complaint filed on July 6, 2015, on the following claim: Excessive force in violation of the

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Fourteenth Amendment against Defendants Ian Young, Benjamin Gamez, Rashaun Casper,

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Julius Oldan, Porfirio Sanchez Negrete, David Avilia, Rickey Smith, and Charles Ho

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(collectively “Defendants”). (ECF No. 27.)1

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On October 5, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion to declare a conflict of interest with the

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Office of the Attorney General/Department of Justice. (ECF No. 55.) More than twenty-one

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days have passed, and Defendants have not filed an opposition or statement of non-opposition

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to the motion, pursuant to Local Rule 230(l).

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On August 21, 2015, the Court issued an order dismissing all remaining claims from this case.

(ECF No. 29.)
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within thirty days of the date of service

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of this order, Defendants shall file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to Plaintiff’s

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motion to declare a conflict of interest with the Office of the Attorney General/Department of

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Justice, filed on October 5, 2016.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

December 29, 2016

/s/ Gary S. Austin
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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