Perfino, et al. v. State of CA Dept of Alcoholic Beverage Control (A.B.C.), et al.

Filing 47

ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 2/26/10: The State defendants shall respond no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 4, 2010, to the documents plaintiffs filed on December 23, 2009 and December 30, 2009. Hearing on these matters set for 3/11/2010 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr.. (Kaminski, H)

1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 CARLOS PERFINO and JESS ZURANICH, 5 Plaintiffs, 6 v. 7 8 9 Defendants. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STEVE HARDY, DIRECTOR; ELIZABETH GAVIA; LORI AJAX, JUAN G. AYALA, and HERIBERTO GARCIA, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:09-cv-00833-GEB-KJM ORDER SCHEDULING BRIEFING ON ISSUES RAISED SUA SPONTE BY THE COURT AND A FURTHER HEARING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

The State defendants shall respond in a filing due no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 4, 2010, to the documents plaintiffs filed on December 23, 2009 and December 30, 2009. Plaintiffs assert in those

documents that the State defendants have changed their position on whether 4 CCR Section 62 applies to correctional officers. A further

hearing on the pending dismissal motion is scheduled below so that this issue could be discussed. Moreover, this case was fully scheduled in part because plaintiffs failed to inform the court in their status report, on which the judge relied before determining how to schedule the case, that two of the defendants had not been served. Plaintiffs indicated in

response to a Rule 4(m) Notice issued after the judge discovered this failure that they tried to serve Juan G. Ayala, one of these unserved defendants, in April 2009, and then later in the last two weeks of December 2009. Plaintiffs have now had even more time to serve Ayala,

but there is no indication in the record that he has been served. Since almost a year has passed since this case was filed, and plaintiffs still have not served Ayala, plaintiffs shall explain at 1

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the hearing scheduled below why Ayala should not be dismissed without prejudice. Further, no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 4, 2010, plaintiffs shall file supporting authority showing the legal viability of their sixth claim, in which they allege defendant Juan G. Ayala aided and abetted other defendants in those defendants violation of plaintiffs' federal civil rights. The hearing on these matters shall commence at 9:00 a.m. on March 11, 2010. Dated: February 26, 2010

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge

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