McCoy v. Holguin et al

Filing 117

ORDER GRANTING 113 Defendants' Motion for a Continuance of the Trial Date signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 11/5/2019. Jury Trial RESET for 5/19/2020 at 01:00 PM in Courtroom 5 (DAD) before District Judge Dale A. Drozd. (Jessen, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LAKEITH L. MCCOY,

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Plaintiff,
v.
A. HOLGUIN, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00768-DAD-JDP
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THE
TRIAL DATE
ECF No. 113
Trial continued to May 19, 2020, at 1 p.m.

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Defendants’ motion to continue the trial date until after plaintiff’s criminal trial, ECF No.

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113, is granted. The trial date is continued until May 19, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. (Defendants

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requested May 18, but the court is unavailable on that date.)

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The court grants this continuance reluctantly and does not anticipate further continuances.

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While I appreciate defendants’ arguments about the benefits of delaying the civil trial until after

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the related criminal trial, the defendants represent that the criminal trial has already been delayed

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“numerous times.” ECF No. 113 at 1. By the time of the new trial date, this civil case will be

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almost five years old. See ECF No. 1 (filed May 20, 2015). The civil trial cannot be held hostage

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to indefinite delays on the criminal side. Should the related criminal trial be postponed further,

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defendants are to notify the court of that delay immediately.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:
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November 5, 2019
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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No. 205

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