Harris v. Quillen et al

Filing 53

ORDER GRANTING Plaintiff's 50 Request to Continue Deposition, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 1/3/20. (Gonzalez, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DEVONTE B. HARRIS,

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Plaintiff,
v.
T. QUILLEN, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:17-cv-01370-DAD-SAB (PC)
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
REQUEST TO CONTINUE DEPOSITION
[ECF No. 50]

Plaintiff Devonte B. Harris is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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On December 20, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion to continue his deposition noticed for January

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9, 2020, at California State Prison, Sacramento because on December 11, 2019, he was transferred

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back to California State Prison. (ECF No. 50.)

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On January 2, 2020, Defendants filed a response to Plaintiff’s motion.

(ECF No. 52.)

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Defendants indicate that the deposition scheduled for January 9, 2020, has been canceled due to

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Plaintiff’s transfer. (ECF No. 52.) Defendants submit that they intent to re-notice and take Plaintiff’s

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deposition at the prison where he is currently housed.

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continuance as requested by Plaintiff, “so long as the continuance does not impinge upon the deadlines

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to complete discovery and file dispositive motions in this case.” Defendants request the Court request

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the Court extend the deadline to file a dispositive motion to ninety days (currently set for sixty days)
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Defendants do not oppose a thirty-day

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after a final ruling on their pending motion to require Plaintiff to post security is issued. (ECF No. 52

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at 1.)

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Based on the showing of good cause, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

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The deadline to take Plaintiff’s deposition is extended to thirty (30) days from the date
of issuance of this order; and

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The deadline to file a dispositive motion is extended to ninety (90) days from the date a
final ruling is issued on the pending motion to require Plaintiff to post security.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

January 3, 2020
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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