Bess v. State of California, et al

Filing 196

ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 2/23/10 ORDERING that Plaintiff's 183 Motion to Continue is DENIED; Hearing re Plaintiff's 132 Motion for Discovery is set for 4/7/2010 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom 6 (JAM) before Judge John A. Mendez. (Owen, K)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAM BESS, Plaintiff, v. MATTHEW CATE, DAVID SHAW, RODERICK HICKMAN, JEANNE WOODFORD, JOHN DOVEY, SCOTT KERNAN, and MARTIN HOSHINO, Defendants.

No. Civ. 2:07-CV-01989 JAM JFM ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO CONTINUE SUMMARY JUDGMENT/ADJUDICATION AND APPLICATION FOR ORDER CONTINUING TRIAL DATE AND RELATED DATES

/ The instant matter before the Court is Plaintiff's motion to continue the summary judgment/adjudication hearing pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f). Doc. # 183.

Plaintiff also requests an order continuing the trial date and related dates. # 193, 194. Id. Defendants oppose Plaintiff's motion. Doc.

Plaintiff filed this case more than two years ago CDCR Defendants have

and has engaged in significant discovery.

produced over 26,000 documents and OIG Defendants have produced over 15,000 documents in response to Plaintiff's requests.
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Plaintiff has taken ten depositions and has subpoenaed various third party documents. Plaintiff knew of all outstanding

discovery issues when discovery closed on December 22, 2009 and waited until after he received Defendants' motions for summary judgment and/or adjudication to move to continue. The Court

finds that Plaintiff has not shown good cause for his delay in seeking a continuance, nor has he demonstrated that he is likely to gather relevant evidence. Accordingly, Plaintiff's last

minute attempt to continue the hearing on the motions for summary judgment and the trial is hereby DENIED. In addition, Plaintiff argues that the Court should grant Plaintiff's motion seeking permission to depose additional Defendants. Doc. # 195 at 6. Plaintiff's motion, however, is

not properly before the Court because Plaintiff did not notice the motion for a hearing on the Court's regular law and motion calendar. The Court hereby sets the hearing on Plaintiff's

motion for discovery (Doc. # 132) for April 7, 2010 at 9:30 AM in Courtroom 6 (JAM). Responsive pleadings shall be filed in Plaintiff's request to shorten

accordance with the Local Rules.

time for hearing on his motion for leave to take additional // // //

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depositions has already been denied by this Court at Docket #146 and is not properly renewed by Plaintiff's reply brief (Doc. #195 at 6) in this matter. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 23, 2010 ____________________________ JOHN A. MENDEZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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