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(PC) Hernandez v. Thomas

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaAugust 27, 20192:17-cv-01803California484 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ANTHONY HERNANDEZ, No. 2:17-cv-01803-KJM-DMC Plaintiff, v. ORDER THOMAS, Defendant.

16 The court entered judgment against plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, on August 9, 2019, after adopting the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations, ECF No. 58, and granting defendant’s motion to dismiss. ECF Nos. 63, 64. Although plaintiff was previously granted a fourteen-day extension of time, he did not object to the findings and recommendations recommending the court grant defendant’s motion to dismiss. See ECF No. 60. Four days after the court entered judgment, plaintiff filed a request for relief from judgment, explaining he missed the deadline to file objections, because the El Dorado County Jail, where he was incarcerated, did not furnish him adequate legal resources, such as blank paper and pre-paid envelopes, until after the deadline passed. Mot., ECF No. 65, at 3. Defendant opposes,…

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