Zavala v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee Rali 2006-QS8

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ORDER: NOTICE REGARDING LEGAL HELP DESK, HANDBOOK FOR LITIGANTS WITHOUT A LAWYER, AND LEGAL STANDARDS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on 5/29/2013. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(ls, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/29/2013) (Additional attachment(s) added on 5/29/2013: # 2 Legal Help Center Flyer) (ls, COURT STAFF). (Additional attachment(s) added on 5/29/2013: # 3 Pro Se Handbook) (ls, COURT STAFF).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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San Francisco Division
RICARDO ZAVALA,

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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No. C 13-1040 LB

Plaintiff(s),
v.

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS AS TRUSTEE RALI
2006-QS8, ET AL.,

NOTICE REGARDING LEGAL HELP
DESK, HANDBOOK FOR LITIGANTS
WITHOUT A LAWYER, AND LEGAL
STANDARDS FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT MOTIONS

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Defendant(s).
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I. NOTICE TO Mr. Zavala

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MTC Financial Inc. filed a motion for summary judgment. Your response was due on May9,

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2013 and now the deadline is June 10, 2013 and the hearing will be on August 1, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.

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Because you are representing yourself in this case, the Court issues this notice to you about legal

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resources available to you and the legal standard that applies to summary judgment motions.

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II. RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU
First, the Court is providing you with a copy of the district court's Handbook for Litigants

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Without a Lawyer. It provides instructions on how to proceed at every stage of your case, including

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discovery, motions, and trial. You may download a copy at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov.

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Second, you may wish to seek assistance from the Legal Help Center, a free service of the

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Volunteer Legal Services Program, by calling 415-782-9000, extension 8657, or by signing up for

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an appointment on the15th Floor of the Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate
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Avenue, San Francisco, California. At the Legal Help Center, you will be able to speak with an

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attorney who may be able to provide basic legal help but not representation.

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III. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
The following is a notice that this Court gives to litigants representing themselves when the other

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files a motion for summary judgment. Because your case has just been filed, no motion has been

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filed yet, but this notice will explain to you the process if a motion is filed.

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If the other party in this case files a motion for summary judgment, that motion -- if granted --

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will result in the dismissal of your case. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 tells you what you must

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do in order to oppose a motion for summary judgment. Generally, summary judgment must be

dispute about any fact that would affect the result of your case, the party who asked for summary

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granted when there is no genuine issue of material fact. What that means is that if there is no real

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judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, which ends your case. When a party you are

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suing makes a motion for summary judgment that is properly supported by declarations (or other

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sworn testimony),1 you cannot just rely on what your complaint says. Instead, you must set out

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specific facts in declarations, depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated documents, as

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provided in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts in Defendant's declarations and documents and show

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that there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. If you do not submit your own evidence in

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opposition, the Court might -- if it is appropriate -- enter summary judgment against you and in favor

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of the other party.

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If the Court grants summary judgment in favor of the other party, your case will be dismissed,

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and there will be no trial. See Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 963 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc). You

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should read Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 and Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986)

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(which discusses how the party who opposes summary judgment must come forward with evidence

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A declaration is a statement of facts. The person making the declaration must know those
facts personally, and they must be facts that can be admitted into evidence. That means that they
must be facts as opposed to conclusions, argument, opinion, or hearsay. A declaration must be made
under penalty of perjury, which means that the person making the declaration must sign it and date
the declaration after the following statement: "I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing
is true and correct. Dated ________. Signed _______________." ”
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showing triable issues of material fact on every essential element of his claim). If you do not file

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your opposition, the Court still will consider whether summary judgment is appropriate under Rule

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56, but your failure may be construed as consent by you to this Court's granting the other party's

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motion for summary judgment. That in turn will result in the dismissal of your case before trial. See

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Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53-54 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam); Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651,

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653 (9th Cir. 1994).

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Dated: May 29, 2013

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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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