Tomasini v. Chau et al
Plaintiff: Paul C. Tomasini
Defendant: James Chau, James Jackson, Christopher Smith, Jonathan Ashby, Darrel Hopkins, W. David Smiley, J. Lewis and D. Gentry
Case Number: 2:2018cv00286
Filed: February 7, 2018
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of California
Office: Sacramento Office
County: Sacramento
Presiding Judge: Allison Claire
Presiding Judge: John A. Mendez
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: None

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March 7, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 78 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 3/7/2024 DIRECTING the Plaintiff to submit a declaration signed under penalty of perjury verifying the contents of his second amended complaint and the opposition to summary judgment within 21 days from the date of this order. (Clemente Licea, O)
December 19, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 75 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 12/18/23 ORDERING, within 30 days, plaintiff shall file an opposition, if any, to the 74 Motion for Summary Judgment. (Benson, A.)
October 19, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 73 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 10/19/2023 GRANTING the 72 Motion for Extension of Time and EXTENDING the Dispositive Motion deadline to 10/26/2023. (Spichka, K.)
June 26, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 71 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 06/26/2023 EXTENDING the Dispositive Motion deadline to 10/12/2023. (Spichka, K.)
March 10, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 67 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 3/9/2023 ORDERING that 65 Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration is DENIED.; Plaintiff's 66 Motion to voluntarily dismiss deceased defendant D. Gentry and any and all of her successo rs in interest is GRANTED. The operative Discovery and Scheduling Order is modified as follows: The parties may conduct discovery until 4/21/2023. Any Motions to Compel Discovery shall be filed by that date; All pretrial Motions, except Motions to Compel, shall be filed on or before 7/14/2023.(Mena-Sanchez, L)
January 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 64 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 1/12/2023 DENYING plaintiff's 62 motion for a stay of the proceedings and plaintiff's 61 request to "release" defendant Gentry. If plaintiff still wishes to proceed in th is case without substituting a successor for defendant Gentry, within 14 days from the date of this order, he must file a motion stating as much. If plaintiff wishes to substitute one of the deceased defendant Gentry's successors as a defendant in this action, he must timely file a motion for substitution of parties consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25 and other federal and local rules. (Yin, K)
October 20, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 55 ORDER signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 10/19/2022 DENYING 51 Plaintiff's Request for Reconsideration. (Rodriguez, E)
October 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 54 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 10/18/2022 GRANTING 53 Motion for Extension of Time. Discovery requests due within 30 days. (Spichka, K.)
September 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 50 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 9/01/22 GRANTING 48 Motion for Protective Order limiting plaintiff's discovery requests andextending the discovery response deadline. Within 30 days from the date of this order, plaintiff sha ll serve new requests on defendants that comply with this order. Plaintiff's written discovery requests shall be limited to 25 requests for admissions per defendant; 10 requests for production per defendant, and 25 interrogatories per defendant. Plaintiff's written discovery requests shall be limited in scope and time frame to 2013 to 2018, and they must pertain to his claims in the operative complaint. Defendants' deadline to serve responses and objections to plaintiff's wri tten discovery requests is extended up to and including October 31, 2022. The remaining relevant motion dates in the court's discovery and scheduling order 38 are RESET as follows: a. Any motions to compel discovery shall be filed by November 28, 2022, and b. All pretrial motions, except motions to compel discovery, shall be filed on or before February 20, 2023. (Plummer, M) Modified on 9/1/2022 (Plummer, M).
July 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 43 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 7/21/2022 GRANTING plaintiff's 41 motion for relief from default for late service of discovery documents and GRANTING defendants' 42 motion to modify the discovery deadline and to extend their time to respond to plaintiff's written discovery requests. The 38 Discovery and Scheduling Order is modified as follows: a. Defendants shall have until 9/1/2022, to respond to plaintiff's written discovery requests; b . The deadline to complete discovery and to file motions to compel is extended from 7/25/2022, to 9/8/2022, and c. All pretrial motions, except motions to compel discovery, shall be filed on or before 12/1/2022. All other directives in the court's discovery and scheduling order issued 2/15/2022 are to remain in full force and effect. (Yin, K)
June 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 40 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 6/29/2022 GRANTING 39 Motion for Extension of Time. The parties shall have up to and including 7/25/2022, to complete discovery and to file motions to compel. All other directives in the court's 38 Discovery and Scheduling Order, shall remain in full force and effect.(Perdue, C.)
February 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 37 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 2/15/2022 GRANTING plaintiff's 36 motion to dismiss. Defendant Dr. Darrel (or Darrell) Hopkins and the claim against him are DISMISSED without prejudice. (Yin, K)
January 10, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 32 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 1/10/22 PARTIALLY GRANTING 28 Motion to file their responsive pleading and schedule end of discovery and pretrial motion due dates. Defendants response to Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint shall be filed on or before January 31, 2022. Once Defendants have filed their response, the Court will issue a discovery andscheduling order. (Plummer, M)
November 8, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 11/08/21 GRANTING 24 Ex Parte Application for extension of time. Defendants have a thirty-dayextension of time to file any motion to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project. (Plummer, M)
October 7, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ORDER REFERRING CASE TO POST-SCREENING ADR PROJECT AND STAYING CASE FOR 120 DAYS signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 10/7/2021. Defendants shall file any motion to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project within 30 days. The parties shall submit a confidential settlement conference statement at least 7 days prior to the settlement conference in accordance with this order. If settlement is reached, the parties shall file a Notice of Settlement. (Yin, K)
July 12, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 07/12/19 GRANTING 2 Motion to Proceed IFP. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. All fees shall be collected in accordance with the court's CDC order filed concurrently herewith. Plaintiff's complaint 1 is dismissed with leave to amend. Within 30 days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall file a first amended complaint. (Plummer, M)
March 1, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 2/28/2019 DENYING plaintiff's 7 motion for appointment of counsel. (Yin, K)
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