O'Keefe v. Cate

Filing 284

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 10/24/2017 DENYING 283 Motion for the Appointment of Counsel and ORDERING Defendants to file, within 30 days of the date of this order, a supplemental summary judgment motion, as discussed in this order. (Henshaw, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TIMOTHY O’KEEFE, 12 13 14 No. 2:11-cv-2659 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JERRY BROWN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 29, 2017, the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller granted in part 19 and denied in part defendants’ summary judgment motion. (ECF No. 282.) Judge Mueller 20 denied defendants’ summary judgment motion as to plaintiff’s claims for injunctive relief against 21 defendants Sirkin, Howlin, Wynn and Deputy Director of the California Department of 22 Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) Statewide Mental Health Program. (Id.) 23 Judge Mueller referred this matter back to the undersigned for further proceedings which 24 may include: a settlement conference; a further motion with specified briefing for summary 25 judgment; or an evidentiary hearing on the merits of plaintiff’s claim for prospective injunctive 26 relief. (Id. at 10.) 27 28 The undersigned has determined that a further motion for summary judgment is appropriate. In her order, Judge Mueller found that the parties had not fully briefed the standards 1 1 applicable to plaintiff’s claim for injunctive relief against defendants in their official capacities. 2 (Id. at 7-8.) Judge Mueller referred this matter back to the undersigned for further proceedings on 3 that issue. (Id. at 8.) 4 Accordingly, within thirty days of the date of this order, defendants shall file a 5 supplemental summary judgment motion. In particular, defendants shall address the following 6 issues: 1) are any defendants capable of responding to an order granting plaintiff’s request for 7 injunctive relief; and 2) do plaintiff’s claims for injunctive relief attack a state policy or procedure 8 on federal grounds. 9 Plaintiff has also filed a motion requesting appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 283.) The 10 undersigned has denied plaintiff’s previous motions for appointment of counsel. (ECF Nos. 199, 11 208, 233, 240, 250.) For the reasons stated in those orders, plaintiff’s pending motion for 12 appointment of counsel is denied. 13 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 14 1. Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 283) is denied; 15 2. Within thirty days of the date of this order, defendants shall file a supplemental 16 summary judgment motion, as discussed above. Thereafter, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 17 and the Local Rules of this court will apply as to the timely filing of any opposition and reply 18 briefs. 19 Dated: October 24, 2017 20 21 22 Okee2659.31 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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