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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 13, 2021

Sanai v. Kozinski

Judge
Yvonne Rogers
Docket
4:19-cv-08162
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil ProcedurePro Se
In one sentence

In Sanai v. Kozinski, Judge Rogers denied a hearing request and deferred a request for United States Marshals service pending rulings on other motions.

Who this affects

Plaintiff Cyrus Sanai, whose request for a hearing was denied and whose request for United States Marshals service was deferred.

What happened

Sanai v. Kozinski involved plaintiff Cyrus Sanai’s request for a hearing on a motion to dismiss and a request to amend his complaint.

The court denied Sanai’s request for a hearing and said it would decide the pending motions without oral argument. It deferred his request for United States Marshals service until after ruling on those motions.

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers also terminated the docket entry for the denied hearing request. The order did not decide the motion to dismiss or the request to amend the complaint.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Sanai v. Kozinski · No. 4:19-cv-08162
Judge
Yvonne Rogers
Date
Jan. 13, 2021

Background

The court considered pro se plaintiff Cyrus Sanai’s administrative motion requesting a hearing on pending motions. Those motions included the defendants’ motion to dismiss and Sanai’s motion for permission to file a first amended complaint.

Sanai also filed an administrative motion asking the United States Marshals Service to carry out service. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the arguments on the motion to dismiss and the motion to amend.

Rulings

The court denied Sanai’s administrative motion for a hearing. It stated that it intended to rule on the pending motions without oral argument, as permitted by the cited court rules.

The court deferred Sanai’s administrative motion seeking service by the United States Marshals Service until it ruled on the pending motions. The order terminated Docket Number 56. It did not rule on the motion to dismiss or the motion for permission to file a first amended complaint.

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