Sherman v. City of Davis

Filing 10

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 11/8/11 ORDERING Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, filed September 27, 2011, is vacated without prejudice as premature. To the extent the motion can be construed as an opposition to the motion to dismiss, it will be so construed. (Matson, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSEPH A. SHERMAN, 10 Plaintiff, 11 vs. 12 No. CIV S- 11-0820 JAM GGH PS CITY OF DAVIS, 13 Defendant. 14 15 ORDER / Plaintiff, is proceeding in this action pro se and in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 16 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302(21), pursuant to 28 17 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 18 Presently pending on this court’s law and motion calendar for November 17, 2011 19 is defendants’ motion to dismiss. On September 27, 2011, plaintiff filed a document entitled 20 “motion for summary judgment.” The motion has not been noticed for hearing. Plaintiff has not 21 filed an opposition to the motion to dismiss. Therefore, to the extent possible, the court will 22 construe plaintiff’s filing as an opposition to the motion to dismiss. To the extent that the motion 23 is one for summary judgment, it will be vacated without prejudice as premature, pending a ruling 24 on the motion to dismiss. 25 26 Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED that: Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, filed September 27, 2011, is vacated without prejudice as premature. To the extent the 1 1 motion can be construed as an opposition to the motion to dismiss, it will be so construed. 2 DATED: November 8, 2011 3 4 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE GGH:076/Sherman0820.msj.wpd 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2

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