Saddozai v. Davis

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 SHIKEB SADDOZAI, 9 Case No. 18-05558 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, 10 ORDER ON REMAND; v. REOPENING ACTION; SETTING 11 BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON REMAINING CLAIM 12 RON DAVIS, et al.,

13 Defendants.

14 (Docket. No. 58)

15 16 Plaintiff, a California state prisoner currently at Corcoran State Prison, filed a pro se 17 civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against employees at San Quentin State 18 Prison (“SQSP”). The third amended complaint (“TAC”) is the operative complaint in this 19 action. Dkt. No. 29. The Court granted Defendant Clawson’s motion to dismiss the 20 Eighth Amendment claim against him for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Dkt. 21 No. 51 at 9-12. The Court entered judgment on August 10, 2020. Dkt. No. 37. Plaintiff 22 appealed. 23 On May 23, 2022, the Ninth Circuit found Plaintiff had cured the failure to exhaust 24 by the time he filed the TAC, and therefore the court erred in dismissing the action based 25 on a failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Dkt. No. 57 at 7-8. The Ninth Circuit 26 therefore vacated and remanded the matter. The formal mandate was filed on July 14, 27 2022. Dkt. No. 58. 1 In the TAC, Plaintiff claims that Defendant Clawson failed to protect him during an 2 assault by several inmates, during which Defendant shot Plaintiff with his block gun. Dkt. 3 No. 29 at 4. This action shall proceed solely on the merits of this claim against Defendant 4 Clawson. All other claims and Defendants remain dismissed from this action. 5 6 CONCLUSION 7 For the forgoing reasons, the Court orders as follows: 8 1. No later than ninety-one (91) days from the date this order is filed, 9 Defendant Clawson shall file a motion for summary judgment or other dispositive motion 10 with respect to the claims in the complaint found to be cognizable above. 11 a. Any motion for summary judgment shall be supported by adequate 12 factual documentation and shall conform in all respects to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of 13 Civil Procedure. Defendant is advised that summary judgment cannot be granted, nor 14 qualified immunity found, if material facts are in dispute. If Defendant is of the opinion 15 that this case cannot be resolved by summary judgment, he shall so inform the Court prior 16 to the date the summary judgment motion is due. 17 b. In the event Defendant files a motion for summary judgment, the 18 Ninth Circuit has held that Plaintiff must be concurrently provided the appropriate 19 warnings under Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 963 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc). See 20 Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934, 940 (9th Cir. 2012). 21 2. Plaintiff’s opposition to the dispositive motion shall be filed with the Court 22 and served on Defendant no later than twenty-eight (28) days from the date Defendant’s 23 motion is filed. 24 Plaintiff is also advised to read Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 25 Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986) (holding party opposing summary judgment 26 must come forward with evidence showing triable issues of material fact on every essential 1 || element of his claim). Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to file an opposition to 2 || Defendant’s motion for summary judgment may be deemed to be a consent by Plaintiff to 3 || the granting of the motion, and granting of judgment against Plaintiff without a trial. See 4 || Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53-54 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam); Brydges v. Lewis, 18 5 || F.3d 651, 653 (9th Cir. 1994). 6 3. Defendant shall file a reply brief no later than fourteen (14) days after 7 || Plaintiff's opposition is filed. 8 4, The motion shall be deemed submitted as of the date the reply brief is due. 9 || No hearing will be held on the motion unless the Court so orders at a later date. 10 5. All communications by the Plaintiff with the Court must be served on 11 || Defendant, or Defendant’s counsel once counsel has been designated, by mailing a true (12 || copy of the document to Defendant or Defendant’s counsel. E 13 6. Discovery may be taken in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil S 14 Procedure. No further court order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2) or Local 3 15 || Rule 16-1 is required before the parties may conduct discovery. 16 7. It is Plaintiff's responsibility to prosecute this case. Plaintiff must keep the 5 17 || court informed of any change of address and must comply with the court’s orders in a 5 18 timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to 19 || prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 20 8. Extensions of time must be filed no later than the deadline sought to be 21 || extended and must be accompanied by a showing of good cause. 22 IT ISSO ORDERED. 23 || Dated: July 29,2022. het Lyn bernard 54 BETH LABSON F REEMAN United States District Judge 25 56 || PRO-SEBLECR 1808558Seddora somandbriel 27