Johnson v. Allen et al

Filing 39

ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE by 1st Class Mail and Procedures; mailed on 9/13/2017 to Defendant Captain Cline; General Order sent to Pltf. Signed by Hon. Brian A Tsuchida. **4 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Lee Johnson, Prisoner ID: 334101)(TH) (cc: Served Defendant Captain Cline a copy of original complaint, amended complaint w/ attachments, Court's Report and Recommendation and Order Dismissing Claims and Defendants, and a copy of this order along with two copies of the Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons, a Waiver of Service of Summons, and a return envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to the Clerks office.)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 LEE PATRICK JOHNSON, Plaintiff, 9 10 11 v. MICHAEL ALLEN, et al., CASE NO. C17-389-JLR-BAT ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY FIRST-CLASS MAIL AND PROCEDURES Defendants. 12 13 This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is proceeding 14 with this action pro se and in forma pauperis. Plaintiff has provided three possible addresses for 15 Captain Cline. (Dkt. 38) The Court ORDERS as follows: 16 (1) 17 The Clerk is directed to send the following to defendant Captain Cline at the addresses Service by Clerk 18 provided by plaintiff (Dkt. 38) by first class mail: a copy of plaintiff’s original complaint (Dkt. 19 4) and amended complaint (Dkt. 15) and attachments, the Court’s Report and Recommendation 20 (Dkt. 16) and Order Dismissing Claims and Defendants (Dkt. 20), and a copy of this Order, two 21 copies of the Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons, a Waiver of 22 Service of Summons, and a return envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to the Clerk’s office. 23 ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY FIRSTCLASS MAIL AND PROCEDURES - 1 1 (2) Response Required 2 Defendants shall have 30 days within which to return the enclosed waiver of service of 3 summons. Any defendant who timely returns the signed waiver shall have 60 days after the date 4 designated on the notice of lawsuit to file and serve an answer to the complaint or a motion 5 permitted under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 6 Any defendant who fails to timely return the signed waiver will be personally served with 7 a summons and complaint, and may be required to pay the full costs of such service, pursuant to 8 Rule 4(d)(2). A defendant who has been personally served shall file an answer or motion 9 permitted under Rule 12 within 30 days after service. 10 Defendants MUST serve a Rand notice concurrently with motions to dismiss based 11 on a failure to exhaust and motions for summary judgment so that pro se prisoner plaintiffs 12 will have fair, timely and adequate notice of what is required of them in order to oppose 13 those motions. Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 2012). The Ninth Circuit set forth 14 model language for such notices: 15 A motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will, if granted, end your case. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Rule 56 tells you what you must do in order to oppose a motion for summary judgment. Generally, summary judgment must be granted when there is no genuine issue of material fact – that is, if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the result of your case, the party who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, which will end your case. When a party you are suing makes a motion for summary judgment that is properly supported by declarations (or other sworn testimony), you cannot simply rely on what your complaint says. Instead, you must set out specific facts in declarations, depositions, answers to interrogatories, or authenticated documents, as provided in Rule 56(e), that contradict the facts shown in the defendant’s declarations and documents and show that there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. If you do not submit your own evidence in opposition, summary judgment, if appropriate, ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY FIRSTCLASS MAIL AND PROCEDURES - 2 1 may be entered against you. If summary judgment is granted, your case will be dismissed and there will be no trial. 2 Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 962-63 (9th Cir. 1998) (emphasis added). 3 Defendants who do not file and serve, in a separate document, the required Rand 4 notice will face (a) immediate denial of their motions with leave to refile and (b) possible 5 monetary sanctions. 6 (3) Filing and Service by Parties Generally 7 All attorneys admitted to practice before this Court are required to file documents 8 electronically via the Court’s CM/ECF system. All non-attorneys, such as pro se parties and/or 9 prisoners, may continue to file a paper original with the Clerk. All filings, whether filed 10 electronically or in traditional paper format, must indicate in the upper right hand corner the 11 name of the Magistrate Judge to whom the document is directed. 12 When an electronic filing exceeds 50 pages in length, a paper copy of the document (with 13 tabs or other organizing aids as necessary) shall be delivered to the Clerk’s Office for chambers. 14 The chambers copy must be clearly marked with the words “Courtesy Copy of Electronic Filing 15 for Chambers.” A party filing a paper original does not need to file a chambers copy. 16 Additionally, any document filed with the Court must be accompanied by proof that it 17 has been served upon all parties that have entered a notice of appearance in this case. 18 (4) Motions 19 Regarding the filing of motions before the Court, the parties are directed to review Local 20 Rule CR 7 in its entirety. A few important points are highlighted below: 21 Any request for court action shall be set forth in a motion, properly filed and served. 22 Pursuant to Local Rule CR 7(b), any argument being offered in support of a motion shall be 23 submitted as a part of the motion itself and not in a separate document. The motion shall ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY FIRSTCLASS MAIL AND PROCEDURES - 3 1 include in its caption (immediately below the title of the motion) a designation of the date 2 the motion is to be noted for consideration upon the court’s motion calendar. 3 In all instances where one of the parties to a lawsuit is incarcerated, all categories of 4 non-dispositive motions not listed in Local Rule CR 7(d)(1) must be noted for the third 5 Friday after the date of filing and service. See Local Rule CR 7(d)(2). 6 7 All dispositive motions shall be noted for consideration no earlier than the fourth Friday following filing and service of the motion. 8 (5) 9 No direct communication is to take place with the District Judge or Magistrate Judge with 10 11 12 13 Direct Communications with District Judge or Magistrate Judge regard to this case. All relevant information and papers are to be directed to the Clerk. (6) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to plaintiff and counsel for defendants. DATED this 13th day of September, 2017. 14 A 15 BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA United States Magistrate Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY FIRSTCLASS MAIL AND PROCEDURES - 4

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