Thorns v. Shannon et al

Filing 60

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd on 07/01/14 ordering defendants shall file and serve a response to plaintiff's motion within 14 days after the filing date of this order. Plaintiff shall file and serve a reply within 7 days after service of defendants' response. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BRUCE THORNS,

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No. 2:11-cv-01826 MCE DAD P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

S. SHANNON, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner incarcerated under the authority of the California Department

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of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), at Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility located

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in Tutwiler, Mississippi. Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights

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action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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Review of the docket indicates that under the court’s January 23, 2014 scheduling order

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the deadline for conducting discovery expired on May 30, 2014. (See ECF No. 59.) However,

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one discovery matter remains outstanding. On April 16, 2014, plaintiff filed a timely motion to

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compel further production of documents, photographs, video surveillance tapes, and other

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evidence. (See ECF No. 57.) However, defendants did not respond to the motion to compel.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Defendants shall file and serve a response to plaintiff’s motion within fourteen (14)

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days after the filing date of this order.
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2. Plaintiff shall file and serve a reply within seven (7) days after service of defendants’

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response.

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Dated: July 1, 2014

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