Millner v. Dileo et al

Filing 43

ORDER DENYING Defendants' 42 Motion for Summary Judgment, without Prejudice, for Failure to Provide RAND Notice; Fourteen Day Deadline signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 8/8/2018. (Sant Agata, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 JAMES W. MILLNER, Plaintiff, 10 11 12 v. DR. DILEO, et al., ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE RAND NOTICE [ECF No. 42] 13 Defendants. FOURTEEN DAY DEADLINE 14 15 Case No.: 1:17-cv-00507-LJO-SAB (PC) Plaintiff James W. Millner is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 16 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 On August 6, 2018, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, on extension. 18 (ECF No. 42.) Defendants also delivered a courtesy copy of the motion to the Court. 19 In Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934, 939 (9th Cir. 2012), the Ninth Circuit held that a pro se 20 prisoner plaintiff must be provided with “fair notice” of the requirements for opposing a motion 21 for summary judgment at the time the motion is brought. Review of the current motion shows 22 that Defendants did not provide Plaintiff with a Rand notice upon the filing of the motion for 23 summary judgment. See Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998). Defendants have 24 failed to provide Plaintiff with the proper required Rand notice. In particular, Defendants failed 25 to file a separate form notice of all the Rand requirements independent of the summary judgment 26 motion or papers filed in support thereof. Rand, 154 F.3d at 960. In addition, Defendants failed 27 to advise Plaintiff of the contents of any applicable Eastern District of California Local Rule 28 requirements, i.e., Local Rule 260. Id. at 961. 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 42) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; 3 2. 4 Defendants are granted an extension of time, shall file their motion for summary 5 judgment within fourteen (14) days of the date of entry of this order, and shall 6 provide Plaintiff with the appropriate Rand notice; and 3. 7 Defendants are relieved of their obligation to provide any additional courtesy copy to the Court of their summary judgment motion. Local Rule 130(b). 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 Dated: August 8, 2018 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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