Filed: Jun. 19, 2014
Latest Update: Jun. 19, 2014
Summary: ORDER ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge. On May 6, 2014, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 63, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Plaintiff has not opposed the motion. Local Rule 230(l) provides in part: "Failure of the responding party to file written opposition or to file a statement of no opposition may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion. ..." By Order filed on November 14, 2013, ECF No. 31, plaintiff was advised of the requ
Summary: ORDER ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge. On May 6, 2014, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 63, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Plaintiff has not opposed the motion. Local Rule 230(l) provides in part: "Failure of the responding party to file written opposition or to file a statement of no opposition may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion. ..." By Order filed on November 14, 2013, ECF No. 31, plaintiff was advised of the requi..
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ORDER
ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge.
On May 6, 2014, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 63, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Plaintiff has not opposed the motion.
Local Rule 230(l) provides in part: "Failure of the responding party to file written opposition or to file a statement of no opposition may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion. ..." By Order filed on November 14, 2013, ECF No. 31, plaintiff was advised of the requirements for filing an opposition to the motion and that failure to oppose such a motion may be deemed a waiver of opposition to the motion. See Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 957 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc), cert. denied, 527 U.S. 1035 (1999), and Klingele v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409 (9th Cir. 1988). In addition, defendants provided the concurrent Rand notice, ECF No. 63, required by Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 2012), setting forth the requirements to oppose a motion for summary judgment.
Local Rule 110 provides that failure to comply with the Local Rules "may be grounds for imposition of any and all sanctions authorized by statute or Rule or within the inherent power of the Court." In the order filed November 14, 2013, plaintiff was advised that failure to comply with the Local Rules may result in a recommendation that the action be dismissed. The Ninth Circuit has recently held that a district court is prohibited from granting a summary judgment motion solely based on a failure to oppose the motion notwithstanding any local rule suggesting otherwise. Heinemann v. Satterberg, 731 F.3d 914, 916 (9th Cir. 2013). Nevertheless, a "failure to respond to a fact asserted in the motion permits a court to `consider the fact undisputed for purposes of the motion.'" Id. at 917 (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e)(2)).
Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, within thirty days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall file an opposition, if any, to defendants' motion for summary judgment. Failure to file an opposition, properly addressing defendants' assertions of fact, will result in the facts asserted by the motion to be considered by the court as undisputed for purposes of adjudicating the motion.