Valencia v. Kokor

Filing 122

ORDER DENYING Without Prejudice 120 Plaintiff's Motion for the Attendance of Incarcerated Witnesses signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 10/16/2017. (Jessen, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DANIEL G. VALENCIA, 12 13 14 15 Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:13-cv-01391-LJO-MJS (PC) ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR THE ATTENDANCE OF INCARCERATED WITNESSES WINFRED KOKOR, M.D., et al., (ECF NO. 120) Defendants. 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 21 rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s 22 fourth amendment complaint against Defendant Kokor and Sunduram for violations of 23 Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment right to adequate medical care. 24 On May 15, 2017, the Court issued a trial scheduling order, setting trial for 25 February 5, 2019. (ECF No. 119.) Therein, the Court also set a deadline of October 18, 26 2018 for motions for the attendance of incarcerated witnesses. On September 18, 2017, 27 Plaintiff filed such a motion. 28 1 Plaintiff’s motion is premature. The matter is in its initial stages. Motions for 2 summary judgment have not been filed or ruled upon. Until such motions, if any, have 3 been resolved, the Court cannot know the final scope of issues to be presented at trial 4 and whether the witnesses in question will be able to present testimony relevant to those 5 issues. 6 Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion is HEREBY DENIED without prejudice to his refiling 7 same after resolution of any motions for summary judgment or, if no such motions are 8 filed, after the deadline for such filings has passed. 9 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: October 16, 2017 /s/ 12 Michael J. Seng UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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