Mason v. Martinez, et al.

Filing 30

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 4/296/15 ORDERING that Plaintiffs motion to compel discovery (ECF No. 29 ) is deemed timely filed. Defendants shall have twenty-one days from the date of this order to respond to plaintiffs motion to compel.(Dillon, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHAVOUGUE A. MASON,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-01041 MCE AC P

v.

ORDER

M. L. MARTINEZ, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. On April 22, 2015,1 he filed a motion to compel discovery. ECF No. 29.

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Although the deadline for discovery motions was April 10, 2015 (ECF No. 19), the court will

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consider plaintiff’s motion timely and require the defendants to respond.

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Accordingly IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery (ECF No. 29) is deemed timely filed.

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Plaintiff’s filing date was determined using the prison mailbox rule. See Houston v. Lack, 487
U.S. 266 (1988).
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2. Defendants shall have twenty-one days from the date of this order to respond to

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plaintiff’s motion to compel.

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DATED: April 29, 2015

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