Giessner
(PC) Sutton v. Giessner
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KARIMI SUTTON, No. 2:16-cv-2369-KJM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER G. GIESSNER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner now proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 1, 2019, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. On January 14, 2020, the court granted plaintiff’s counsel’s request to withdraw as attorney of record, substituted plaintiff in pro per and directed him to file a response to the motion for summary judgment within twenty-one days. See ECF No. 35. Plaintiff has not filed an opposition or a statement of no opposition to the motion. In cases in which one party is incarcerated and proceeding without counsel, motions ordinarily are submitted on the record without oral argument. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 230(l). “Opposition, if any, to the granting of the motion shall be served and filed by the responding party not more than…