Trujillo v. Hithe

Filing 102

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 03/14/18 GRANTING 83 Motion to file an amended answer. The Clerk of Court is directed to separately file the Proposed Amended Answer, 83 -11, as the Amended Answer. Defendants motion for security 85 is DENIED. (Plummer, M)

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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 GUILLERMO CRUZ TRUJILLO, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:14-cv-0584 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER HITHE, et al., Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action seeking relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter has reached the discovery phase. 19 On July 19, 2017, defendant filed a motion for leave to file an amended answer (ECF No. 20 83) and a motion for security (ECF Nos. 85, 85-1 et seq.). The motion to file an amended answer 21 is predicated on defendant Hithe’s “good-faith basis to assert an additional affirmative defense of 22 [plaintiff’s] failure to comply with the statute of limitations.” ECF No. 83 at 1 (brackets added). 23 The motion for security, which requests that plaintiff be required to post $9,690.00 in security 24 under Local Rule 151(b), is predicated on defendant’s assertion that plaintiff meets the definition 25 of a vexatious litigant under California Code of Civil Procedure section 391, et seq., and that he 26 lacks a reasonable probability of prevailing in this action. See ECF No. 85 at 1. In the motion for 27 security, defendant also requests that the court take judicial notice of the cases that support his 28 vexatious litigant argument. See ECF No. 85-1 at 12. 1 1 Plaintiff was provided with several opportunities to respond to these two motions. See 2 ECF Nos. 89, 91, 94. Ultimately, plaintiff never filed a response to defendant’s motion to amend. 3 However, during this time period, in a convoluted argument, plaintiff appeared to oppose 4 defendant’s security motion and simultaneously to object to what he believed to be the court’s 5 grant of it. See ECF No. 98 at 2. Plaintiff states that he should not be declared a vexatious 6 litigant because he was in ongoing imminent danger of serious physical harm. Id. This is not an 7 argument that can be used to successfully rebut a contention that one is a vexatious litigant. 8 9 After clarifying to plaintiff that the court had not yet made a determination on the issue of whether he was a vexatious litigant, the court denied plaintiff’s motion to dismiss defendant’s 10 motion for security and gave plaintiff another opportunity to properly respond to the motion. See 11 ECF No. 99. One month later, on October 16, 2017, defense counsel filed a declaration in lieu of 12 a reply asserting that defendant’s motion for security should be deemed submitted given that 13 plaintiff had neither filed a proper response to it nor had he requested a further extension of time 14 to do so. See ECF No. 100 at 1-2. For the reasons stated below, the court will grant defendant’s 15 motion to amend, and it will deny defendant’s motion for security. 16 I. 17 Defendant wishes to amend his answer to include the affirmative defense that plaintiff’s Motion to Amend 18 action is barred because plaintiff failed to file suit within the applicable statute of limitations 19 period. See ECF No. 83 at 1-2. He asserts that the motion should be granted because Ninth 20 Circuit considerations of bad faith, undue delay, prejudice and futility are not present and/or will 21 not occur with a grant of the motion. Id. at 2-3. 22 In Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178 (1962), the Supreme Court offered several factors for 23 district courts to consider when deciding whether to grant a motion to amend under Rule 15(a). It 24 opined: 25 26 27 28 In the absence of any apparent or declared reason – such as undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc. – the leave sought should, as the rules require, be “freely given.” 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Foman, 371 U.S. at 182; see also Smith v. Pac. Prop. Dev. Co., 358 F.3d 1097, 1101 (9th Cir. 2004) (citing Foman factors). Thus, “[a]bsent prejudice, or a strong showing of any of the remaining Foman factors, there exists a presumption under Rule 15(a) in favor of granting leave to amend.” Eminence Capital, LLC v. Aspeon, Inc., 316 F.3d 1048, 1052 (9th Cir. 2003). “Leave to amend is freely granted when justice requires . . . , but only in absence of prejudice to the opposing party.” Moore v. R.G. Indust., Inc., 789 F.2d 1326, 1328 (9th Cir. 1986) (citations omitted); see Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Indeed, when deciding whether to grant a motion for leave to amend, prejudice to the opposing party carries the greatest weight of the four Foman factors. Eminence Capital, LLC, 316 F.3d at 1052. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Defendant argues that the request to amend is being made in good faith and that there was no undue delay in filing the motion to amend because it was not obvious from the second amended complaint that plaintiff’s claims were outside the statute of limitations. See ECF No. 83 at 3. A review of plaintiff’s second amended complaint, filed October 27, 2014 (ECF No. 36) supports these contentions. Throughout it, plaintiff mentions several different dates, and more than one presumably actionable incident, but it is unclear which dates relate to which incidents. See id. at 1-7. Moreover, given that defendant timely filed the motion to amend in compliance with the pre-trial motion deadline, the request appears to have been submitted in good faith, and there appears to be no undue delay. 19 20 21 22 23 Defendant also argues its motion to amend should be granted because plaintiff has not yet had to respond to a dispositive motion and that therefore, he will not be prejudiced by the grant. See ECF No. 83 at 3-4. However, a review of the lengthy docket in this case indicates that plaintiff did, in fact, have to respond to a dispositive motion to dismiss filed by defendant in September 2015.1 In any event, the court does not find that plaintiff will be prejudiced by having 24 1 25 26 27 28 On September 14, 2015, defendant filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See ECF No. 53. Plaintiff opposed the motion in November 2015. ECF No. 55. Ultimately, in September 2016, defendant’s motion to dismiss was denied without prejudice to the filing of a motion for summary judgment on the same matter. See ECF Nos. 73, 74. The court gave defendant parameters with respect to what it expected to see should he opt to file a motion for summary judgment. See ECF No. 73 at 9. However, a (continued…) 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 to respond to a statute of limitations defense after having responded to a motion to dismiss on exhaustion grounds, despite the time that has passed. First, in each case, the burden of proof lies with defendant. See Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 216 (2007) (holding failure to exhaust is affirmative defense); see Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1161 (9th Cir. 2014) (stating failure to exhaust is affirmative defense defendant must plead and prove); see also Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 8(c) (listing statute of limitations as affirmative defense). Moreover, should defendant file a dispositive motion based the statute of limitations, the court may – as it did regarding the exhaustion motion – require defendant to produce any and all documents relevant to it that plaintiff may have difficulty obtaining.2 Given these factors, any prejudice to plaintiff should be minimal. Whether dispositive motions have been filed is not the only factor the court must consider when determining if undue prejudice will result. It is well-established that resulting delay, increased litigation costs, and the possible need to conduct additional discovery are all other factors to be considered that could cause undue prejudice. See, e.g., Amerisource Bergen Corp. v. Dialysist West, Inc., 465 F.3d 946, 953 (9th Cir. 2000) (high litigation costs); see also Ascon Properties, Inc. v. Mobil Oil Co., 866 F.2d 1149, 1161 (9th Cir. 1989); (resulting delay); San Diego Marine Construction Corp., 708 F.2d 1483, 1492 (9th Cir 1983) (additional discovery). In addition, the court has an obligation to manage and dispose of cases in a just, speedy and inexpensive manner. See Fed R. Civ. Proc. 1. Here, defense counsel has indicated that discovery conducted to date may have already yielded information in support of defendant’s statute of limitations affirmative defense. See ECF No. 83 at 4 (stating grounds to assert statute of limitations defense came about via investigation and discovery). It appears unlikely that significant additional discovery will be needed to support or rebut the untimeliness argument, given that a statute of limitations defense is relatively simple 24 25 26 27 summary judgment motion was not filed. 2 See, e.g., ECF No. 73 at 8-9 (court’s findings and recommendations tentatively directing defendant to provide copies of all grievances filed by plaintiff given defendant’s burden to prove failure to exhaust affirmative defense and defendant’s ability to obtain said grievances more easily than plaintiff). 28 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 to prove with recorded dates. For the same reason, it is also unlikely that any subsequent need to conduct additional discovery as a result of a grant to amend will lead to excessive expenditures of time and cost to either party. Furthermore, the court again notes that plaintiff has been given ample opportunity to oppose defendant’s motion to amend (see ECF Nos. 89, 91, 94), yet he has failed to do so. A district court may properly grant a motion for failure to respond. See generally Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam) (affirming dismissal for failure to file timely opposition to motion to dismiss where plaintiff had notice of the motion and ample time to respond); see also Local Rule 230(l) (stating failure of party to file opposition to motion may be deemed waiver of opposition to granting motion). For all these reasons, the court will grant defendant’s motion to amend his answer. 11 II. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Defendant’s Motion for Security In support of defendant’s motion for security, pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 391.1,3 defendant first asserts that plaintiff is a vexatious litigant and provides support for this statement by identifying ten pro se cases that have been filed by plaintiff within the past seven years that he claims have been unsuccessful. See ECF No. 85-1 at 12-13; see also Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391(b)(1) (vexatious litigant defined). In further compliance with the state statute, defendant also argues that there is no reasonable probability that plaintiff will prevail with his second amended complaint because: (1) it is barred by the statute of limitations; (2) it does not relate back to plaintiff’s original complaint under either state or federal law; (3) it cannot be preserved via equitable tolling, and (4) it has not been fully exhausted. ECF No. 85-1 at 14-23; see generally Cal. Civ. Proc. Code. § 391.1. 22 A. 23 Vexatious Litigant Prong To establish the first prong of the motion for security, defendant requests that the court 24 25 26 27 3 Section 391.1 permits a defendant to file a motion requesting that a plaintiff be required to provide security if the defendant can show that the plaintiff is a vexatious litigant and that there is no reasonable probability that he or she will prevail in the litigation against defendant. See Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391.1. This court has adopted the California vexatious litigant statute as the appropriate standard for consideration of a motion for security. Local Rule 151(b). 28 5 1 declare plaintiff a vexatious litigant pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 391(b)(1). 2 See ECF No. 85-1 at 11. The statute defines, in relevant part, a vexatious litigant as one who “in 3 the immediately preceding seven-year period has commenced, prosecuted, or maintained in 4 propria persona at least five litigations . . . that have been . . . finally determined adversely to the 5 person.” Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391(b)(1)(i). Under California law, “litigation” is any civil 6 action or proceeding, commenced, maintained or pending in any state or federal court. Cal. Civ. 7 Proc. Code § 391(a). It includes an appeal or civil writ proceeding filed in an appellate court. 8 Garcia v. Lacey, 231 Cal. App. 4th 402, 406 (2014). A litigation is “determined adversely” to a 9 plaintiff within the meaning of the vexatious litigant statute if he does not win the action or 10 proceeding he began, including cases that are voluntarily dismissed by a plaintiff. Id. at 406-407; 11 see Tokerud v. Capitolbank Sacramento, 38 Cal. App. 4th 775, 779 (1995) (stating party who 12 repeatedly files baseless actions only to dismiss them is no less vexatious than party who follows 13 action through to completion). A litigation is “finally determined” when avenues for direct 14 review have been exhausted or the time for the appeal has expired. Garcia, 231 Cal. App. 4th at 15 407 n.5 (citing Childs v. PaineWebber Incorporated, 29 Cal. App. 4th 982, 993 (1994)). The 16 litigation must be “finally determined” at the time the instant action is filed. See Childs, 29 Cal. 17 App. 4th at 994. 18 Defendant’s motion for security identifies ten pro se cases that plaintiff has commenced, 19 prosecuted or maintained within the past seven years, which defendant asserts were finally 20 determined adversely to plaintiff. See ECF No. 85-1 at 12-13. The court takes judicial notice of 21 these cases. See Fed. R. Evid. 201(b), (c)(2); United States ex rel. Robinson Rancheria Citizens 22 Council v. Borneo, Inc., 971 F.2d 244, 248 (9th Cir. 1992) (“we may take notice of proceedings 23 in other courts, both within and without the federal judicial system, if those proceedings have a 24 direct relation to matters at issue”) (internal quotation marks omitted). 25 Eight of the ten cases meet the statutory criteria to establish collectively that plaintiff is a 26 vexatious litigant. Specifically, three of them have been dismissed for failure to pay the filing 27 //// 28 //// 6 1 fee.4 Two of them have been dismissed for failure to state a claim.5 Two have been dismissed for 2 failure to exhaust available administrative remedies,6 and one was voluntarily dismissed by 3 plaintiff.7 However, the remaining two cases to which defendant cites – Trujillo v. Munoz, No. 4 1:14-cv-01215 SAB (E.D. Cal. May 17, 2016) (“Trujillo”) and its circuit appeal, Trujillo v. 5 Munoz, No. 16-15986 (9th Cir. May 18, 2017) (“Trujillo App.”) – do not appear to meet the 6 criteria, given that they have not been finally determined one way or the other.8 7 The eight cases which have been finally determined adversely to plaintiff are sufficient to 8 establish that plaintiff meets California’s statutory definition of a vexatious litigant. See Cal. Civ. 9 Proc. Code § 391(b)(1)(i) (defining vexatious litigant as one who has commenced, prosecuted or 10 maintained in propria persona at least five litigations that have been finally determined adversely 11 to him). Thus, defendant has satisfied the vexatious litigant prong of his motion for security. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 4 See Cruz v. Abril, No. 3:15-cv-2937 BTM RBB (S.D. Cal. Jun. 7, 2016); Cruz v. Escobar, No. 1:16-cv-1770 EPG (E.D. Cal. Mar. 9, 2017), and Cruz v. Biter, No. 1:17-cv-0084 AWI MJS (E.D. Cal. May 8, 2017). ECF No. 85-1 at 13. Plaintiff was precluded from proceeding in forma pauperis and thus, was required to pay the filing fee in these cases because he had been declared a three-strikes litigant by the court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Cruz v. Abril, No. 3:15cv-2937 BTM RBB (S.D. Cal. Jun. 7, 2016), ECF No. 7. 5 See Trujillo v. Sherman, No. 1:14-cv-1401 BAM (E.D. Cal. Apr. 25, 2015) and Trujillo v. Sherman, No. 15-15952 (9th Cir. Jan. 28, 2016) (affirming district court’s judgment). ECF No. 85-1 at 12. 6 See Trujillo v. Gomez, No. 1:14-cv-1797 DAD DLB (E.D. Cal. Aug. 5, 2016) and Trujillo v. Gomez, No. 16-16567 (9th Cir. Apr. 19, 2017) (affirming district court’s determination). ECF No. 85-1 at 13. 7 See Cruz v. Abril, No. 16-55880 (9th Cir. May 22, 2017) (attempting to appeal Cruz v. Abril, No. 3:15-cv-2937 BTM RBB (S.D. Cal. Jun. 7, 2016)). ECF No. 85-1 at 13. 8 In Trujillo App., on October 5, 2017, the Ninth Circuit has vacated its May 18, 2017 order which had dismissed plaintiff’s appeal for failure to prosecute and reinstated the appeal. See Trujillo App., ECF No. 12. This occurred because plaintiff had filed a document that the Ninth Circuit ultimately treated as a motion to reinstate; a motion that was granted. See id. Thus, Trujillo App. has yet to be finally determined adversely to plaintiff given that the Ninth Circuit vacated its dismissal for failure to prosecute and the case is still pending in the Ninth Circuit. In addition, in Trujillo App. on February 27, 2018, after reviewing plaintiff’s appeal, the Ninth Circuit vacated this court’s judgment in Trujillo and remanded on jurisdictional grounds pursuant to Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500, 503-504 (9th Cir. 2017). See Trujillo App., ECF No. 18-1. As a result, the case was reopened in this district. See id. Thus, Trujillo has not been finally determined adversely to plaintiff because it has been remanded to this court for further proceedings. 28 7 1 B. 2 Defendant further asserts that there is no reasonable probability that plaintiff will prevail No Reasonable Probability that Plaintiff Will Prevail Prong 3 in this action. See ECF No. 85-1 at 14-23. In conducting this assessment, a court may determine 4 whether a claim is foreclosed as a matter of law, but it may also weigh the evidence. Golin v. 5 Allenby, 190 Cal. App. 4th 616, 642 (2010) (stating inability to prevail standard may be shown 6 by weight of evidence or lack of merit); see Moran v. Murtaugh Miller Meyer & Nelson, LLP, 40 7 Cal. 4th 780, 784-85 (2007) (finding Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391.2 provides for weighing of 8 evidence); see Garcia v. Lacey, 231 Cal. App. 4th 402, 408 (2014) (stating decision on inability to 9 prevail is based on evaluative judgment in which court is permitted to weigh evidence). Such 10 evidence may be “any evidence, written or oral, by witnesses or affidavit, [and] as may be 11 material to the ground of the motion.” Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391.2 (brackets added). 12 To demonstrate “no reasonable probability” of success, defendant relies on his statute of 13 limitations defense and argues that plaintiff meets no exception to this statutory bar. See id. at 14 14-18 (arguing affirmative defense of statute of limitations, failure of second amended complaint 15 to relate back, and inadequacy of equitable tolling). Defendant also contends that plaintiff failed 16 to exhaust his excessive force claims prior to filing in federal court. See id. at 18-23. 17 Specifically, defendant asserts that although plaintiff’s excessive force claim against defendant 18 was filed in this court in 2014, plaintiff did not file administrative appeals in prison that were 19 purportedly relevant to the claim until 2016. See ECF No. 85-1 at 22-23. 20 C. 21 Local Rule 151(b) adopts the provisions of Title 3A, part 2 of the California Code of Civil Discussion 22 Procedure related to vexatious litigants, which enables this court to order that security be 23 provided. See L.R. 151(b); see also Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 83(b) (“A judge may regulate practice in 24 any manner consistent with federal law . . . and the district’s local rules.”). However, Local Rule 25 151(b) is clear: the application of California’s vexatious litigant statute is wholly permissive. 26 See L.R. 151(b) (stating court may order giving of a security and that court’s power shall not be 27 limited by California’s vexatious litigant statute). In other words, the court may use its discretion 28 when determining whether to require a plaintiff who has been determined to be a vexatious 8 1 litigant to post security. See generally Simmons v. Navajo County, Ariz., 609 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2 2010) (“District courts have broad discretion in interpreting and applying their local rules.”) 3 (internal citation omitted). 4 In light of this permissive rule, the court will exercise its discretion by declining to order 5 security or the following reasons. First, a grant of defendant’s security motion would require 6 plaintiff either to pay the $9690.00 prior to proceeding with his case or risk having his case 7 dismissed for failure to comply with the court’s order to post security. See Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 8 391.4 (providing for dismissal of litigation against defendant if security not provided as ordered); 9 see also ECF No. 85-1 at 9, 24 (defendant requesting security be paid by plaintiff prior to 10 allowing action to continue to proceed and citing Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391.4 in support of 11 same). Given that plaintiff is indigent, ultimately, this would deny him access to the courts. 12 While defendant argues that state law does not consider a vexatious litigant’s indigence when 13 setting a security amount (see ECF No. 85-1 at 24), under federal law, this is a factor this court 14 must consider. See generally Simulnet East Associates v. Ramada Hotel Operating Co., 37 F.3d 15 573, 575-76 (9th Cir. 1994) (stating care must be taken not to deprive a plaintiff of access to the 16 federal courts when considering motion for security, as such deprivation has “serious 17 constitutional implications”); see generally 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (supporting avoidance of 18 limitation to court access due to indigence). Indeed, this court is to “avoid limitation of access to 19 the courts because of a party’s impecunious circumstance.” See Simulnet, 37 F.3d at 576. 20 Second, it is well-established that dismissal is the “ultimate sanction.” See United States 21 v. King, 200 F.3d 1207, 1214 (9th Cir 1999) (stating dismissal is the “ultimate sanction” in 22 dismissal of indictment case); see also Thomas v. Gerber Productions, 703 F.2d 353, 356 (9th Cir. 23 1983) (stating same in Rule 37(b) – failure to comply with court order – case); see also Schmidt 24 v. Hermann, 614 F.2d 1221, 1223-24 (9th Cir. 1980) (stating in same in Rule 41(b) – failure to 25 prosecute – case). As a result, the court abuses its discretion if it imposes a sanction of dismissal 26 without first considering the impact of so doing as well as considering the adequacy of less 27 drastic sanctions. United States v. National Medical Enterprises, Inc., 792 F.2d 906, 912 (9th Cir. 28 1986). Although a requirement for security does not operate as a dismissal, it imposes a potential 9 1 financial barrier that may have the same dispositive effect. Accordingly, the court considers this 2 possible impact in the context of the case’s procedural posture. 3 This case has been on the court’s docket since October 2013. See ECF No. 1. During this 4 time, discovery has been propounded, plaintiff has been deposed, and a host of motions have been 5 filed and adjudicated. In sum, time and resources have already been spent. They cannot be 6 retrieved. To potentially terminate this action on the basis of plaintiff’s financial resources, rather 7 than reaching the case-related grounds which have been the subject of discovery, would be 8 inappropriate. 9 Third, determination of defendant’s newly added statute of limitations defense in this 10 context is premature from a procedural perspective. In all likelihood, defendant’s amendment is 11 intended to support a dispositive motion. Accordingly, determination of the timeliness question 12 in the context of defendant’s motion for security would effectively involve a prima facie 13 assessment of the viability of the affirmative defense – a determination upon which defendant 14 could seek to rely in the future. The same can be said with respect to the court viability of 15 defendant’s exhaustion defense. Although California law prohibits a ruling on a security motion 16 from being deemed a determination of any issue in litigation or of the merits of the case (see Cal. 17 Civ. Proc. Code § 391.2; see also Moran, 40 Cal. 4th at 786), the court identifies no sound reason 18 to make a threshold determination in this context of potentially case-dispositive procedural issues. 19 In the interest of allowing both parties to fully develop arguments about these two affirmative 20 defenses at a later date, the court declines to determine at this stage whether plaintiff’s claims lack 21 a reasonable probability of success due to untimeliness or non-exhaustion. 22 Finally, plaintiff’s remaining Eighth Amendment claim is not substantively frivolous. See 23 ECF No. 44 (screening order) at 3. The undersigned declines to erect a potential financial barrier 24 to an indigent inmate seeking access to the court with non-frivolous claims, absent a showing 25 sufficient to support a pre-filing order under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a). Such an 26 order, which defendant does not seek here, requires a heightened showing of vexatiousness. See 27 Molski v. Evergreen Dynasty Corp., 500 F.3d 1047, 1061 (9th Cir. 2007) (federal standard is 28 //// 10 1 more stringent than California statute, and requires a finding that litigation is both vexatious and 2 harassing). 3 CONCLUSION 4 Accordingly, for the reasons explained above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 5 1. Defendant’s motion to file an amended answer (ECF No. 83) is GRANTED; 6 2. The Clerk of Court is directed to separately file the Proposed Amended Answer, ECF 7 8 9 No. 83-1, as the Amended Answer; and 2. Defendant’s motion for security (ECF No. 85) is DENIED. DATED: March 14, 2018 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 11

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