Moore v. Salinas Valley State Prison

• Court: District Court, N.D. California
• Decided: February 25, 2022
• Docket: 5:21-cv-01019
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN MOE MOORE, 11 Case No. 21-01019 EJD (PR) Plaintiff, 12 ORDER OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT M. STOLSIG; v. 13 DIRECTING DEFENDANT TO FILE

DISPOSITIVE MOTION OR

14 NOTICE REGARDING SUCH SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON MOTION; INSTRUCTIONS TO 15 MENTAL HEALTH DEPT., et al., CLERK

16 Defendants. 17

18 19 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 20 U.S.C. § 1983 against the “Mental Health Department” at Salinas Valley Prison (“SVSP”) 21 as well as SVSP employees. Dkt. No. 1. On June 30, 2021, after screening the complaint, 22 the Court identified cognizable claims and dismissed with leave to amend deficient claims. 23 Dkt. No. 5. Plaintiff was directed to either file an amended complaint to correct the 24 deficiencies or, in the alternative, file notice to strike deficient claims and defendants and 25 proceed on the cognizable claims. Id. at 4. Plaintiff filed notice that he wishes to proceed 26 on the cognizable claims identified in the court order. Dkt. No. 8. Accordingly, the Court 27 struck the deficient claims and ordered service of the cognizable claims on Defendants on 1 The CDCR has filed notice that Defendant Melissa Stolsig is a contract employee 2 and therefore cannot be served through their office. Dkt. No. 10. Accordingly, the Court 3 will order separate service on her at the address provided by the CDCR. 4 5 CONCLUSION 6 For the reasons set forth above, the Court orders as follows: 7 1. The Clerk of the Court shall mail a Notice of Lawsuit and Request for 8 Waiver of Service of Summons, two copies of the Waiver of Service of Summons, a copy 9 of the complaint and all attachments thereto, Dkt. No. 1, a copy of the court’s initial Order 10 of Service, Dkt. No. 9, and a copy of this order upon Defendant Melissa Stolsig 11 (Psychologist) at J. Gould Medical Corporation (559-B Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco, 12 CA 94132). The Clerk shall also mail a copy of this Order to Plaintiff. 13 2. Defendants are cautioned that Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil 14 Procedure requires them to cooperate in saving unnecessary costs of service of the 15 summons and the amended complaint. Pursuant to Rule 4, if Defendants, after being 16 notified of this action and asked by the Court, on behalf of Plaintiff, to waive service of the 17 summons, fail to do so, they will be required to bear the cost of such service unless good 18 cause shown for their failure to sign and return the waiver form. If service is waived, this 19 action will proceed as if Defendants had been served on the date that the waiver is filed, 20 except that pursuant to Rule 12(a)(1)(B), Defendants will not be required to serve and file 21 an answer before sixty (60) days from the day on which the request for waiver was sent. 22 (This allows a longer time to respond than would be required if formal service of summons 23 is necessary.) Defendants are asked to read the statement set forth at the foot of the waiver 24 form that more completely describes the duties of the parties with regard to waiver of 25 service of the summons. If service is waived after the date provided in the Notice but 26 before Defendants have been personally served, the Answer shall be due sixty (60) days 1 the waiver form is filed, whichever is later. 2 3. No later than ninety-one (91) days from the date this order is filed, 3 Defendants shall file a motion for summary judgment or other dispositive motion with 4 respect to the claims in the complaint found to be cognizable above. 5 a. Any motion for summary judgment shall be supported by adequate 6 factual documentation and shall conform in all respects to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of 7 Civil Procedure. Defendants are advised that summary judgment cannot be granted, nor 8 qualified immunity found, if material facts are in dispute. If any Defendant is of the 9 opinion that this case cannot be resolved by summary judgment, he shall so inform the 10 Court prior to the date the summary judgment motion is due. 11 b. In the event Defendants file a motion for summary judgment, the 12 Ninth Circuit has held that Plaintiff must be concurrently provided the appropriate 13 warnings under Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 963 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc). See 14 Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934, 940 (9th Cir. 2012). 15 4. Plaintiff’s opposition to the dispositive motion shall be filed with the Court 16 and served on Defendants no later than twenty-eight (28) days from the date Defendants’ 17 motion is filed. 18 Plaintiff is also advised to read Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 19 Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986) (holding party opposing summary judgment 20 must come forward with evidence showing triable issues of material fact on every essential 21 element of his claim). Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to file an opposition to 22 Defendants’ motion for summary judgment may be deemed to be a consent by Plaintiff to 23 the granting of the motion, and granting of judgment against Plaintiff without a trial. See 24 Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53–54 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam); Brydges v. Lewis, 18 25 F.3d 651, 653 (9th Cir. 1994). 26 5. Defendants shall file a reply brief no later than fourteen (14) days after 1 6. The motion shall be deemed submitted as of the date the reply brief is due. 2 No hearing will be held on the motion unless the Court so orders at a later date. 3 7. All communications by the Plaintiff with the Court must be served on 4 || Defendants, or Defendants’ counsel once counsel has been designated, by mailing a true 5 || copy of the document to Defendants or Defendants’ counsel. 6 8. Discovery may be taken in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil 7 || Procedure. No further court order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2) or Local 8 || Rule 16-1 is required before the parties may conduct discovery. 9 9. It is Plaintiff's responsibility to prosecute this case. Plaintiff must keep the 10 || court informed of any change of address and must comply with the court’s orders ina 11 timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to 12 prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 13 10. Extensions of time must be filed no later than the deadline sought to be 14 || extended and must be accompanied by a showing of good cause. 15 IT ISSO ORDERED. A 16 || Dated: _-February 25,2022 EDWARD J. DAVILA = United States District Judge 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27