Stewart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALVIN WILLIAMSON, JR. No. 2:22-cv-02169-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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D. STEWART, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on plaintiff’s first amended complaint (FAC) against defendants Stewart, Yang, Saeturn, Myers, Avila, and Rawls. ECF No. 27. Now before the court is defendants’ motion for terminating sanctions. ECF No. 37. In the alternative, defendants move to deem their requests for admissions admitted. Id. For the reasons stated below, defendants’ request for terminating sanctions must be granted, and all other outstanding motions are denied as moot. I. Background Defendants served written discovery requests on plaintiff on July 21, 2023. ECF No. 32-1 at ¶ 3, Exs. A-P. The parties stipulated that the due date for all discovery would be September 21, 2023. ECF…