(PC) Collins v. McCabe, et al.

Filing 28

ORDER GRANTING Plaintiff's 26 27 Motions to Extend Time to Respond to Discovery signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 06/03/2021. Deadline for Plaintiff to Serve Responses to Defendants' Discovery Requests: 7/30/2021.(Flores, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LARNELL C. COLLINS,

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Plaintiff,
vs.
McCABE, et al.,
Defendants.

1:19-cv-00458-AWI-GSA-PC
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTIONS TO EXTEND TIME TO
RESPOND TO DISCOVERY
(ECF Nos. 26, 27.)
DEADLINE FOR PLAINTIFF TO SERVE
RESPONSES TO DEFENDANTS’
DISCOVERY REQUESTS: JULY 30, 2021

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Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §

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1983. On April 21, 2021 and May 25, 2021, Plaintiff filed motions to extend time to respond to

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Defendants’ interrogatories, request for admission, and request for production of documents

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received by Plaintiff on March 25, 2021. (ECF Nos. 26, 27.) Plaintiff explains that he lacks

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adequate access to the law library where he relies on the use of ADA equipment to type and print

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legal material. Good cause appearing, Plaintiff shall be granted until July 30, 2021 in which to

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serve Defendants with responses to their discovery requests. If Plaintiff requires a further

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extension of time, he is advised to file a motion before the expiration of the existing deadline.
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Plaintiff also requests modification of the court’s scheduling order to extend the discovery

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deadline to August 30, 2021 and the dispositive motions deadline to September 30, 2021. This

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request shall be addressed by separate order.

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Based on the foregoing, good cause having been presented to the court and GOOD
CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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Plaintiff’s motions for extension of time to respond to Defendants’ discovery
requests is GRANTED; and

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Plaintiff is granted until July 30, 2021 in which to serve responses to Defendants’
interrogatories, request for admission, and request for production of documents

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received by Plaintiff on March 25, 2021.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 3, 2021

/s/ Gary S. Austin
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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