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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Terry Stewart, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 962 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc), cert. denied, 527 U.S. 1035 (1999).
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Eddie Hatch, Plaintiff, vs.

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No. CV 04-0541-PHX-JWS (LOA) ORDER

Defendants have filed a Second Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. #65) pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT1 The Defendants' Second Motion for Summary Judgment seeks to have your case dismissed. A motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will, if granted, end your case. 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, i.e., if there is no real dispute about any fact that would affect the result of your

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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 Defendants' 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, may be entered against you. If summary judgment is granted, your case will be dismissed and there will be no trial. Rule 56.1(a) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure also requires, in addition, that you include as a part of your opposition to the Second Motion for Summary Judgment a separate statement of facts in opposition to the Second Motion for Summary Judgment. (a) Any party filing a motion for summary judgment shall set forth separately from the memorandum of law, and in full, the specific facts on which that party relies in support of the motion. The specific facts shall be set forth in serial fashion and not in narrative form. As to each fact, the statement shall refer to a specific portion of the record where the fact may be found (i.e., affidavit, deposition, etc.). Any party opposing a motion for summary judgment must comply with the foregoing in setting forth the specific facts, which the opposing party asserts, including those facts which establish a genuine issue of material fact precluding summary judgment in favor of the moving party. In the alternative, the movant and the party opposing the motion shall jointly file a stipulation signed by the parties setting forth a statement of the stipulated facts if the parties agree there is no genuine issue of any material fact. As to any stipulated facts, the parties so stipulating may state that their stipulations are entered into only for the purposes of the motion for summary judgment and are not intended to be otherwise binding. LRCiv 56.1(a). Additionally, Rule 7.2(e) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure provides: Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a motion including its supporting memorandum, and the response including its supporting memorandum, each shall not exceed seventeen (17) pages, exclusive of attachments and any required statement of facts. Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a reply including its supporting memorandum shall not exceed eleven (11) pages, exclusive of attachments. LRCiv 7.2(e). Finally, Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure provides:

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consent to the denial or granting of the motion and the court may dispose of the motion summarily. LRCiv 7.2(i).

3 It is Plaintiff's obligation to timely respond to all motions. The failure of Plaintiff 4 to respond to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment may, in the discretion of the 5 Court, be deemed a consent to the granting of that Motion without further notice, and 6 judgment may be entered dismissing the complaint and action with prejudice pursuant 7 to Rule 7.2(i) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. See Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651 8 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam). 9 IT IS ORDERED: 10 (1) Plaintiff shall have 30 days from the date this Order is filed to file a Response to 11 Defendants' Second Motion for Summary Judgment, together with supporting affidavits or 12 other appropriate exhibits and a separate Statement of Facts. 13 (2) Defendants shall not file any reply. The Motion shall be deemed ready for 14 decision without oral argument on the day following the date the Response is due. 15 (3) The reference to the Magistrate Judge as to Defendants' Second Motion for 16 Summary Judgment (Doc. #65) is withdrawn. 17 Magistrate Judge Anderson for disposition as appropriate. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3Case 2:04-cv-00541-JWS-LOA Document 67 Filed 08/22/2006 Page 3 of 3

All other matters shall remain with

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska this 21st day of August 2006.

/s/ JOHN W. SEDWICK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE