Cranford v. Okpala

Filing 51

ORDER Regarding 50 Objections, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 10/18/16. (Marrujo, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ARCHIE CRANFORD,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
ANTONIA OKPALA,
Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-00921-LJO-SAB (PC)
ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S
“OBJECTIONS”
[ECF No. 50]

Plaintiff Archie Cranford is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action

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pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions

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Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison

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Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000).

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On October 17, 2016, Plaintiff filed a document entitled “Objection.” Plaintiff contends that

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he recently received a response to his request for interrogatories which were noted by defense counsel

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as untimely given the discovery cut-off deadline of September 27, 2016. To the extent Plaintiff

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objections to the discovery deadline, such objection is without foundation.

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Plaintiff is advised that pursuant to the Court’s January 27, 2016, discovery and scheduling

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order, the deadline for completion of all discovery, including motions to compel was September 27,

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2016. (ECF No. 31.) In addition, pursuant to the scheduling order, responses to written discovery

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requests are due forty-five (45) days after the request is first served, and such requests must be served
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in advance of the discovery deadline to permit time for a response and any necessary time to prepare

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and file a motion to compel. (Id.) To the extent Plaintiff challenges the Court’s discovery deadline as

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set forth in the Court’s January 27, 2016, such objection is overruled. Otherwise, the record is

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inadequate to rule on any other intended objection, therefore, Plaintiff’s objection is overruled, without

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prejudice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

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October 18, 2016
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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