(PC) Harding v. Correctional Health Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRENT LEE HARDING, No. 2:21-cv-00922 KJM SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 31, 2025, defendants Holt and Mencias filed separate motions for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. (ECF Nos. 50 and 51.) On March 4, 2025, the undersigned ordered plaintiff to respond to defendants’ motions and show cause for failing to do so in a timely manner. (ECF No. 54.) In his response docketed March 17, 2025, plaintiff explained that he preemptively filed a declaration before defendants moved for summary judgment and asks the court to accept it as his opposition. (ECF No. 55 at 1-2.) For good cause shown, the court discharges the order to show cause. Plaintiff, however, did not identify the declaration he is referring to. “[A] district court is not required to…