Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER NATHANIEL No. 2:20-cv-2261 KJM AC P

WASHINGTON,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 RALPH DIAZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court are plaintiff’s motions to compel (ECF Nos. 116, 117, 124) and motion for an extension of time to respond to defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 130). I. Procedural Background By order filed October 10, 2023, the undersigned set a schedule for discovery in this case which provided that written requests for discovery were to be served by December 4, 2023, and motions to compel were to be filed by February 2, 2024. ECF No. 98 at 6. Plaintiff then proceeded to file various motions for discovery along with requests for production and accompanying definitions and instructions. ECF Nos. 104-106, 108, 110. Plaintiff’s motions for discovery were denied because the deadline for serving…