(PC) Doiel v. United States of America ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL ALLEN DOIEL, No. 2:20-CV-0602-TLN-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action. Pending 18 before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion, ECF No. 24, for summary judgment. Plaintiff’s motion is 19 premature and should be denied, without prejudice, for this reason. 20 This case was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Northern 21 District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. On March 17, 2020, that court severed Plaintiff’s claims 22 and transferred his claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the United States of America 23 and his claim under the Eighth Amendment against Dr. Alfred to this Court. Other claims were 24 transferred to the Abeline Division of the Northern District of Texas. To date, Defendants have 25 not been served or answered the complaint, no schedule has been issued, and no discovery has 26 occurred. Given that Defendants have no opportunity to respond to Plaintiff’s motion, the Court 27 finds that it would be premature to consider it. 28 / / / 1 Based on the foregoing, the undersigned recommends that Plaintiff's motion for 2 | summary judgment, ECF No. 24, be denied as premature and without prejudice to renewal 3 | following the close of discovery in this case. 4 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District 5 | Judge assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Within 14 days 6 | after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written objections 7 | with the Court. Responses to objections shall be filed within 14 days after service of objections. 8 | Failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal. See Martinez v. 9 | Yist, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 10 11 | Dated: April 13, 2021 Ssvcqo_ 12 DENNIS M. COTA 13 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28