Abel v. Martel et al

Filing 64

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 07/10/12 ordering that plaintiff may file an amended opposition to defendants' pending motion for summary judgment no later than 08/09/12. If plaintiff fails to file an amended opposition by that date, defendants' motion for summary judgment will stand submitted to the court for decision. Any reply to plaintiff's amended opposition shall be due no later than 14 days after service of the amended opposition. (Plummer, M)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAMES ABEL,

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Plaintiff,

No. 2:09-cv-1749 JAM CKD P

vs.
MIKE MARTEL, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER
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Pursuant to the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Woods v. Carey, No. 09-15548

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(9th Cir. July 6, 2012), the court hereby informs plaintiff of the following requirements for

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opposing the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants on April 2, 2012. The motion

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arises under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Such a motion is a request for an

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order for judgment in favor of the defendant without trial. A defendant’s motion for summary

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judgment will set forth the facts that the defendant contends are not reasonably subject to dispute

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and that entitle the defendant to judgment. To oppose a motion for summary judgment, plaintiff

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must show proof of his or her claims. Plaintiff may do this in one or more of the following ways.

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Plaintiff may rely on plaintiff’s statements made under penalty of perjury in the complaint if the

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complaint shows that plaintiff has personal knowledge of the matters stated and plaintiff

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specifies those parts of the complaint on which plaintiff relies. Plaintiff may serve and file one
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or more affidavits or declarations setting forth the facts that plaintiff believes prove plaintiff’s

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claims; the person who signs an affidavit or declaration must have personal knowledge of the

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facts stated. Plaintiff may rely on written records, but plaintiff must prove that the records are

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what plaintiff asserts they are. Plaintiff may rely on all or any part of the transcript of one or

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more depositions, answers to interrogatories, or admissions obtained in this proceeding. If

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plaintiff fails to contradict the defendant’s evidence with counteraffidavits or other admissible

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evidence, the court may accept defendant’s evidence as true and grant the motion. If there is

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some good reason why such facts are not available to plaintiff when required to oppose a motion

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for summary judgment, the court will consider a request to postpone consideration of the

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defendant’s motion. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d). If plaintiff does not serve and file a written

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opposition to the motion, or a request to postpone consideration of the motion, the court may

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consider the failure to act as a waiver of opposition to the defendant’s motion. See L.R. 230(l).

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If the court grants the motion for summary judgment, whether opposed or unopposed, judgment

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will be entered for the defendant without a trial and the case will be closed as to that defendant.

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Unsigned affidavits or declarations will be stricken, and affidavits or declarations
not signed under penalty of perjury have no evidentiary value.

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Plaintiff now having received the notice required under Woods v. Carey, No. 0915548 (9th Cir. July 6, 2012), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

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1. Plaintiff may file an amended opposition to defendants’ pending motion for

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summary judgment no later than August 9, 2012. If plaintiff fails to file an amended opposition

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by that date, defendants’ motion for summary judgment will stand submitted to the court for

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decision.

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2. Any reply to plaintiff’s amended opposition shall be due no later than 14 days
after service of the amended opposition.
Dated: July 10, 2012

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_____________________________________
CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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