(PC) Gosztyla v. French

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 RICHARD GOSZTYLA, No. 2:21-cv-01403-DJC-EFB (PC) 9 Plaintiff, 10 v. ORDER 11 FRENCH, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief 15 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to the undersigned United States Magistrate 16 Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 17 On August 7, 2023, the undersigned filed findings and recommendations recommending 18 that plaintiff’s complaint be dismissed on the grounds it is time-barred. ECF No. 56. These 19 findings and recommendations were served on all parties and contained notice that any objections 20 to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Id. Plaintiff filed 21 timely objections to the findings and recommendations. ECF No. 57. The district court judge 22 assigned to this matter subsequently ordered the parties to brief the impact of the Ninth Circuit’s 23 decision in Mosteiro v. Simmons, 2023 WL 5695998 (9th Cir. Sept. 5, 2023) on the issue of 24 tolling. ECF No. 64. Mosteiro, which was filed after the undersigned’s findings and 25 recommendations, revised the tolling analysis regarding California Code of Civil Procedure § 26 352.1(a), the applicable law in this matter. 27 Based on Mosteiro, the district court judge found that plaintiff’s complaint is timely, and 28 referred the matter back to the undersigned to consider whether defendant Michael French is 1 || entitled to summary judgment because he did not use force on plaintiff, an issue the parties 2 || addressed in their earlier briefing. ECF Nos. 52, 53, 54. The court hereby ORDERS the parties 3 | to file supplemental briefing solely addressing that question. The briefing should address any 4 | relevant caselaw filed since the initial briefing. Defendants shall file their supplemental briefing 5 | and exhibits (if any) on or before August 30, 2024. Plaintiff shall file his response briefing and 6 | exhibits (if any) on or before September 13, 2024. Defendant’s reply shall be filed on or before 7 || September 20, 2024. 8 So ordered. 9 10 | Dated: August 15, 2024 Za beta eLACHAU 11 SeTrey @ricree Tag TRATES 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28