Williams v. Harrington et al

Filing 67

ORDER Regarding Plaintiff's 65 Motion to Compel and Directing Defendants to Show Cause why Sanctions Should not be Imposed signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 04/22/2015. (Flores, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MARCUS R. WILLIAMS,

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Case No. 1:12-cv-00226 LJO DLB PC
ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL AND DIRECTING
DEFENDANTS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED

Plaintiff,
v.

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[ECF No. 65]
KELLY HARRINGTON, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff Marcus R. Williams is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this

19 civil rights action.
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On January 20, 2015, the Court issued an order granting Plaintiff’s motions to compel

21 and ordering Defendants to respond within thirty days to Plaintiff’s first set of discovery requests
22 which were served on March 19, 2014. On March 6, 2015, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to
23 compel. Defendants did not file an opposition. The motion to compel is deemed submitted
24 pursuant to Local Rule 230(l).
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Plaintiff states that Defendants have failed to respond to his first set of discovery requests

26 as ordered by the Court. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(A), the failure to comply with an
27 order to provide or permit discovery may be cause for appropriate sanctions. It appearing that
28 Defendants have failed to abide by the Court’s order of January 20, 2015, compelling Defendants

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1 to respond to Plaintiff’s first set of discovery requests served on March 19, 2014, Defendants are
2 hereby ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE why appropriate sanctions should not be imposed.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Dennis

April 22, 2015

L. Beck

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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