Gonzalez v. Razo et al
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ORDER DENYING 66 Plaintiff's Motion to Assist Plaintiff's Counsel in Response/Reply to Defendants' Summary Judgment Motion signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 6/19/2017. (Jessen, A)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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1:15-cv-01098-DAD-EPG (PC)
MANUEL ANTONIO GONZALEZ,
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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO ASSIST PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL IN
RESPONSE/REPLY TO DEFENDANTS’
SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION
(ECF NO. 66)
Plaintiff,
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v.
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J. RAZO, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Manuel Antonio Gonzalez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner, and is the plaintiff in this civil
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rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which includes attendant state law claims.
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Plaintiff is represented by counsel. On June 16, 2017, Plaintiff filed a motion to assist his counsel
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in response/reply to Defendants’ summary judgment motion (“the Motion”). (ECF No. 66).
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Plaintiff asks that the Court direct his counsel to raise certain facts and arguments in response to
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Defendants’ motion for summary judgment.
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The Motion will be denied. Plaintiff is represented by counsel. It is Plaintiff’s counsel’s
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responsibility to respond to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, not Plaintiff’s.
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Moreover, the Court will not order Plaintiff’s counsel to bring up facts and arguments that his
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client wants him to bring up. If there are facts and arguments that Plaintiff believes his counsel
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should bring up, Plaintiff should discuss them with his counsel.
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The Court notes that if Plaintiff believes that prison staff are interfering with his ability to
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communicate with his counsel, Plaintiff should bring that issue to the Court’s attention by filing a
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motion with evidence of any interference in communication with Plaintiff’s counsel.
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Accordingly, the Motion (ECF No. 66) is DENIED.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:
June 19, 2017
/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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