Adam Randolph Powell v. Jones, et al.

• Court: District Court, E.D. California
• Decided: January 29, 2026
• Docket: 2:24-cv-01780
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ADAM RANDOLPH POWELL, No. 2:24-cv-1780-DAD-CKD P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 JONES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16

17 18 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis and seeks relief under 42 19 U.S.C. § 1983. The court previously set a schedule for this case under which the close of 20 discovery was set for January 20, 2026, and dispositive motions were due by April 20, 2026. (See 21 ECF No. 21.) On January 20, 2026, defendants filed a motion to compel discovery responses 22 from plaintiff. Also on that date, the Clerk of the Court docketed plaintiff’s request for a 90-day 23 extension of time to respond to the outstanding discovery requests served by defendants. 24 Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED as follows: 25 1. Plaintiff’s motion for a 90-day extension of time (ECF No. 23) is GRANTED; 26 2. Plaintiff shall serve responses to all outstanding discovery requests within 90 days of 27 the date of this order; 28 //// 1 3. Defendant’s motion to compel (ECF No. 22) is DENIED without prejudice to renewal 2 within 120 days of the date of this order; and 3 4. The dispositive motion deadline is VACATED and will be re-set at a later date. 4 | Dated: January 29, 2026 Card ke yy a

6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 | 8.powel780.36disc 8 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

1 Rand Notice to Plaintiff 2 This notice is provided to ensure that you, a pro se prisoner plaintiff, “have fair, timely and adequate notice 3 of what is required” to oppose a motion for summary judgment. See Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 2012); 4 Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 957 (9th Cir. 1998). The court requires that you be provided with this notice 5 regarding the requirements for opposing a motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil 6 Procedure. 7 When a defendant moves for summary judgment, the defendant is requesting that the court grant judgment 8 in defendant’s favor without a trial. If there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the result of your case, 9 the defendant who asked for summary judgment is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, which will end your case 10 against that defendant. A motion for summary judgment will set forth the facts that the defendant asserts are not 11 reasonably subject to dispute and that entitle the defendant to judgment. 12 To oppose a motion for summary judgment, you must show proof of your claims.1 To do this, you may 13 refer to specific statements made in your complaint if you signed your complaint under penalty of perjury and if your 14 complaint shows that you have personal knowledge of the matters stated. You may also submit declarations setting 15 forth the facts that you believe prove your claims, as long as the person who signs the declaration has personal 16 knowledge of the facts stated. You may also submit all or part of deposition transcripts, answers to interrogatories, 17 admissions, and other authenticated documents. For each of the facts listed in the defendant’s Statement of 18 Undisputed Facts, you must admit the facts that are undisputed, and deny the facts that are disputed. If you deny a 19 fact, you must cite to the proof that you rely on to support your denial. See L.R. 260(b). If you fail to contradict the 20 defendant’s evidence with your own evidence, the court may accept the defendant’s evidence as the truth and grant 21 the motion. 22 The court will consider a request to postpone consideration of the defendant’s motion if you submit a 23 declaration showing that for a specific reason you cannot present such facts in your opposition. If you do not respond 24 to the motion, the court may consider your failure to act as a waiver of your opposition. See L.R. 230(l). 25 If the court grants the defendant’s motion, whether opposed or unopposed, judgment will be entered for that 26 defendant without a trial and the case will be closed as to that defendant.

27 1 If the motion for summary judgment concerns the exhaustion of administrative remedies, you must submit proof of specific facts regarding the exhaustion of administrative remedies. See Stratton v. Buck, 697 F.3d 1004, 1008 (9th 28 Cir. 2012); Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. April 3, 2014).