Montano v. Medical Department Solano State Prison et al

Filing 44

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 07/07/10 ordering defendant shall file and serve, on or before 07/16/10, a response to plaintiff's request for an extension of time to respond to defendant's discovery requests. Plaintiff may file and serve a reply within 10 days after service of defendant's response. (Plummer, M)

(PC) Montano v. Medical Department Solano State Prison et al

Doc. 44

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 By order filed June 11, 2010, the court extended the discovery deadline for a period of 21 days for the limited purpose of permitting plaintiff to clarify and resubmit his motion to compel. (Dkt. No. 40.) That extension of time has now expired (plaintiff did not pursue his motion) and is not pertinent to the instant matter. 1
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RAUL MONTANO, Plaintiff, vs. SOLOMON, et al., Defendants. / Plaintiff seeks an extension of the discovery deadline in this action in order to respond to defendant's recently propounded discovery. (Dkt. No. 42.) Plaintiff appears to state that on June 11, 2010, defendant served upon plaintiff a Request for Production of Documents and one set of fifty-three interrogatories. However, the discovery deadline expired on June 11, 2010.1 (Dkt. No. 35, at 6.) When the court set this deadline, it stated: The parties may conduct discovery until June 11, 2010. Any motions necessary to compel discovery shall be filed by that date. All requests for discovery . . . shall be served not later than sixty (60) days prior to that date. ORDER No. 2:07-cv-0800 KJN P

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(Id. (emphasis added).) Before the court can determine whether an extension of the discovery deadline is warranted, it must determine the date on which defendant propounded his most recent discovery requests. If the discovery requests were untimely served, defendant must explain the reasons for the delay and the necessity of the discovery, including the excessive number of interrogatories (see Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(a)(1) (authorizing no more than 25 written interrogatories, including all discrete subparts)). Accordingly, defendant shall file and serve, on or before July 16, 2010, a response to plaintiff's request for an extension of time to respond to defendant's discovery requests. Plaintiff may file and serve a reply within ten (10) days after service of defendant's response. SO ORDERED. DATED: July 7, 2010

_____________________________________ KENDALL J. NEWMAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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