Fields v. Vogel

Filing 39

ORDER GRANTING Plaintiff's 38 Motion for an Enlargement of Time to Complete Discovery; ORDER REQUIRING Defendant Vogel to Respond to Plaintiff's Assertions Regarding Discovery Responses, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 1/25/13. (Marrujo, C)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KEVIN E. FIELDS,

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Plaintiff,

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1:10-cv-01701-AWI-BAM (PC)
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF
TIME TO COMPLETE DISCOVERY

vs.
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(ECF No. 38)

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SIXTY-DAY DEADLINE

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RONALD VOGEL, et al.,

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Defendants.

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ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANT
VOGEL TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S
ASSERTIONS REGARDING DISCOVERY
RESPONSES

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Plaintiff Kevin E. Fields (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights

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action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 2, 2013, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to

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extend the January 8, 2013 discovery deadline an additional sixty (60) days. Plaintiff reports

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that he served Defendant Vogel with a second request for interrogatories, admissions and

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production of documents on September 30, 2012, but Defendant Vogel has not responded.

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Plaintiff asks for additional time so that he can meet and confer with Defendant Vogel’s

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counsel prior to Plaintiff having to file a motion to compel. Defendant Vogel did not file an

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opposition to Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time. Local Rule 230(l).

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Good cause having been presented to the court and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING

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THEREFOR, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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Plaintiff is granted sixty (60) days from the date of service of this order in which
to complete discovery; and

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Defendant Vogel shall respond to Plaintiff’s assertions regarding the failure to

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respond to discovery within twenty-one (21) days from the date of service of this

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order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:
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January 25, 2013

/s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE