Harrell v. Hornbrook Community Services District, et al.

Filing 141

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 4/7/17 ORDERING that plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint shall be due to be filed on or before April 21, 2017. (Becknal, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PETER T. HARRELL,
Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-1595 KJM GGH

v.

ORDER

HORNBROOK COMMUNITY
SERVICES DISTRICT, et al.,

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Defendants.
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On March 29, 2017, District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller issued an Order adopting

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Findings and Recommendations and granting Plaintiff 14 days from the date of other order to file

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a third amended complaint. Plaintiff Harrell now seeks a 21 day extension of time to comply

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with the court’s order.

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This has been pending in this court since July 7, 2014. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has amended

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his original complaint twice, each time expanding the numbers of pages included in the filing.

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See ECF Nos. 10, 59. In Judge Mueller’s Order plaintiff is limited to filing a 25 page complaint

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which should take considerably less time that his previous efforts. If plaintiff were to

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straightforwardly obey the Court’s Order his Third Amended Complaint would be due on April

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12, 2017. It is time to bring this matter to the point where it can be addressed on the merits.

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Although the court would prefer not to extend any time, given the distance that plaintiff is from
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this courthouse, and his apparent inability to use the ECF system for near instantaneous filing, the

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court will nonetheless grant an addition 14 days to the time ordered by Judge Mueller and

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plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint shall be due to be filed on or before April 21, 2017.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 7, 2017
/s/ Gregory G. Hollows
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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