James v. Oakland Police Department et al
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ORDER RESETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 11/17/2014)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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DENNIS LAMAR JAMES, JR.,
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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No. C 13-011 SI (pr)
Plaintiff,
ORDER RESETTING CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
v.
OAKLAND POLICE DEPT.; et al.,
Defendants.
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In this pro se civil rights action, plaintiff has sued several Oakland police officers and the
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City of Oakland for the use of excessive force during his arrest on February 19, 2012, and has
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sued several doctors for deliberate indifference to his medical needs during his hospital visit after
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his arrest. On July 1, 2014, the court stayed the action due to plaintiff's temporary placement
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at Napa State Hospital, set a case management conference for December 11, 2014, and required
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plaintiff to provide a telephone number at which he could be contacted for the case management
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conference. Docket # 39. Plaintiff recently sent to the court a notice in which he provided the
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requested telephone number and stated that (a) he remains at Napa State Hospital undergoing
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treatment, (b) he has no set release date, (c) he has an upcoming court date on December 5, 2014,
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and (d) he was found not guilty by reason of insanity of an unidentified crime. Docket # 40.
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In light of the foregoing, and for the reasons stated in the order to stay proceedings, the
court concludes that lifting the stay or holding a case management conference would not be
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beneficial at this point in time. The preferable course is to keep the stay in place and set a case
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management conference in several months to reassess the situation. Accordingly,
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(1)
The case management conference set for December 11, 2014 is VACATED.
A case management conference will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2105.
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Plaintiff must notify the court and opposing counsel for all defendants
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within ten days of his release from Napa State Hospital, regardless of whether that release is to
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county jail, state prison or elsewhere.
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(3)
Plaintiff must file a notice no later than January 9, 2015 in which he
identifies the crime(s) of which he was found not guilty by reason of insanity at the trial in July
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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2013. This information will give the court some information about how long plaintiff may be
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at the hospital.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 17, 2014
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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge
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