Hall v. Frauenheim et al

Filing 59

ORDER Requiring Defendants by Way of Special Appearance to File a Notice of Suggestion of Plaintiff's Death on the Record within Thirty Days, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 09/20/17. (Case Management Deadline: 30-Day Deadline) (Martin-Gill, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD B. HALL, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 1:16-cv-00263-AWI-SAB (PC) ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS BY WAY OF SPECIAL APPEARANCE TO FILE A NOTICE OF SUGGESTION OF PLAINTIFF’S DEATH ON THE RECORD WITHIN THIRTY DAYS [ECF No. 58] 17 This is a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Richard B. Hall. 18 On July 21, 2017, the assigned district judge stayed Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration and 19 referred the matter back to the undersigned in order to conduct a competency hearing and possible 20 orders and procedures to protect Plaintiff’s interests, if Plaintiff is determined to be incompetent. On September 6, 2017, the Court appointed Enid Perez to represent Plaintiff at the competency 21 22 hearing yet to be scheduled. On September 6, 2017, the Court ordered the Office of the Attorney General to advise the 23 24 Court as to whether a special appearance would be made on behalf of the un-served Defendants at a 25 year to be scheduling competency hearing. 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 On September 18, 2017, Supervising Deputy Attorney General Monica Anderson filed a 1 2 response to the Court’s September 6, 2017, order. Counsel indicates that on September 15, 2017, the 3 Office of the Attorney General received information that Plaintiff, Richard B. Hall (T-09259) died on 4 September 11, 2017. (ECF No. 58, Attach. A.) Accordingly, in light of the information received and provided by the Office of the Attorney 5 6 General, it is HEREBY ORDERED that within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, 7 Defendants by way of special appearance, shall file a notice of suggestion of Plaintiff’s death on the 8 record pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(a)(1). In addition, any non-party successors or 9 representatives of the deceased party must be served the suggestion of death in the manner provided 10 by Rule 4 for the service of a summons. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(a)(3); Barlow v. Ground, 39 F.3d 231, 11 232-234 (9th Cir. 1994). 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 Dated: 15 September 20, 2017 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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