McDaniels v. Preito et al

Filing 58

ORDER granting 44 Motion for Leave to File Over-length Motions and Briefs. The Court will consider Plaintiff's entire 40-page Motion to Compel when the Court makes its determination. Signed by Magistrate Judge David W. Christel.**2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Peter McDaniels, Prisoner ID: 995036)(CMG)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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PETER J. MCDANIELS,

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Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. 3:17-cv-05801-RBL-DWC

KATHLEEN PREITO, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights Complaint

17 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Excess Pages
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Plaintiff requests leave “to file a 40 page MOTION TO COMPEL [sic] solely based on

20 the fact it is hand written and would otherwise be less than 24 pages.” Dkt. 44. He filed his 4021 page Motion to Compel concurrent with his Motion. Dkt. 42. Defendants have now responded to
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Also pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel (Dkt. 42), Defendants’ Motion for
Summary Judgment (Dkt. 47), and Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time (Dkt. 57). The Court will make a
determination on those motions in separate Orders or Reports and Recommendations.

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1 Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel, and addressed the entire 40-page Motion to Compel on the merits.
2 Dkt. 45. Because Defendants have already addressed the entirety of Plaintiff’s Motion to
3 Compel, Plaintiff’s Motion (Dkt. 44) is granted. The Court will consider Plaintiff’s entire 404 page Motion to Compel when the Court makes its determination.
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Dated this 17th day of October, 2018.

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David W. Christel
United States Magistrate Judge

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