Thibodeau v. ADT Security Services

Filing 57

ORDER Directing Plaintiff to File Amended Opposition Brief ( 49 ); Resetting Briefing Schedule; and Denying as Moot Plaintiff's 47 Motion to Quash. The Court hereby strikes Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summa ry Judgment (Dkt. No. 55). Plaintiff shall file any amended opposition brief no later than Friday, December 1, 2017. Defendant shall file any reply to an amended opposition no later than Friday, December 15, 2017. The Court continues the hearing set for December 8, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. That hearing is now scheduled for January 19, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2D. The Court denies as moot Plaintiff's Motion to Quash Defendant's Service of Summons (Dkt. No. 47 ). Signed by Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel on 11/6/17. (All non-registered users served via U.S. Mail Service)(dlg)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 CLAYTON DEL THIBODEAU, Case No.: 3:16-cv-02680-GPC-AGS Plaintiff, 11 12 v. 13 ORDER: ADT LLC, d/b/a ADT SECURITY SERVICES, a/k/a/ ADT HOLDINGS, INC., 14 15 (1) DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE AMENDED OPPOSITION BRIEF [DKT. No. 49.] Defendant. (2) RESETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE [DKT. No. 48.] 16 17 18 (3) DENYING AS MOOT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO QUASH [DKT. NO. 47] 19 20 21 On September 21, 2017, Defendant ADT LLC, d/b/a ADT Security Services, filed 22 an Amended Motion for Summary Judgment following the Court’s order to re-serve 23 Defendant. Dkt. Nos. 48, 49. On October 12, 2017, Plaintiff filed his Opposition to 24 Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Dkt. No. 55. 25 On November 3, 2017, Defendant filed its Reply asserting that Plaintiff had (1) 26 filed an Opposition that exceeded the allotted page limits as specified in the Civil Local 27 Rules and (2) had failed to file an affidavit or declaration to support the facts that Plaintiff 28 uses to oppose Defendant’s Motion. Dkt. No. 56. Plaintiff asks that the Court accept all 1 3:16-cv-02680-GPC-AGS 1 facts presented in Defendant’s Motion as undisputed or in the alternative order Plaintiff 2 to file an Opposition in compliance with the Civil Local Rules and the 3 affidavit/declaration requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 4 Accordingly, Plaintiff is directed to file an amended opposition that conforms with 5 the Civil Local Rules for the Southern District of California. See Civil Local Rule 7.1(h) 6 (“Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to all motions noticed for the same 7 motion day must not exceed a total of twenty-five (25) pages in length, per party.”). 8 9 Further, the Court observes that plaintiff has not supported the factual contentions in his brief with supporting declarations or affidavits. Federal Rule 56(e)(4) authorizes 10 federal courts to issue “any . . . appropriate order” when a non-moving party has failed to 11 oppose a summary judgment motion properly. The advisory notes to that Rule state that 12 such orders “should be designed to encourage proper presentation of the record.” Fed. R. 13 Civ. P. 56(e)(4), Advisory Committee Notes, 2010 Amendments. Further, courts may 14 “take extra care with pro se litigants, advising them of the need to respond [to a motion 15 for summary judgment] and the risk of losing by summary judgment if an adequate 16 response is not filed.” Id. 17 Here, the Court will take this opportunity to provide Plaintiff with notice of what is 18 required to oppose a motion for summary judgment. Accordingly, the Court provides the 19 following notice to Plaintiff for their information in connection with Defendants’ motion 20 for partial summary judgment: 21 Defendant is making a motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the 22 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which, if granted, will end your case as to 23 the issues noticed by Defendant by granting judgment in favor of Defendant. 24 Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a motion for summary 25 judgment. Generally summary judgment must be granted when there is no 26 genuine issue of material fact—that is, if there is no real dispute about any 27 fact that would affect the result of your case, the party who asked for summary 28 judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. When a party you are 2 3:16-cv-02680-GPC-AGS 1 suing makes a motion for summary judgment that is properly supported by 2 declarations (or other sworn testimony), you cannot simply rely on what the 3 complaint says. Instead, you must set out specific facts in declarations, 4 depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated documents, as 5 provided in Rule 56(c). The evidence in those documents must contradict the 6 facts shown in the defendant’s declarations and documents and show that 7 there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. If you do not submit your 8 own evidence in opposition, summary judgment, if appropriate, may be 9 entered against you as to the issues Defendant is challenging. 10 See Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 962-63 (9th Cir. 1998) (with alterations) (emphasis 11 added). 12 Having provided this notice to Plaintiff, the Court hereby STRIKES Plaintiff’s 13 Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 55). Defendant’s 14 motion remains undisturbed and shall not be refiled or amended. 15 Plaintiff shall file any amended opposition brief no later than Friday, December 1, 16 2017. This brief shall not exceed 25 pages. Further, Plaintiff shall include in any 17 amended opposition a revised separate statement of material facts that includes citations 18 to sworn affidavits or declarations. Defendant shall file any reply to an amended 19 opposition no later than Friday, December 15, 2017. 20 21 The Court CONTINUES the hearing set for December 8, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. That hearing is now scheduled for January 19, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2D. 22 Finally, the Court DENIES AS MOOT Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Defendant’s 23 Service of Summons (Dkt. No. 47). Pursuant to the Court’s Order dated September 20, 24 2017, Defendants served Plaintiff with an Amended Motion for Summary Judgment on 25 September 21, 2017, thus rendering Plaintiff’s motion moot. See Dkt. No. 49. 26 27 28 3 3:16-cv-02680-GPC-AGS 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: November 6, 2017 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 3:16-cv-02680-GPC-AGS

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