Puckett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jeremy Phillip Puckett, No. 2:22-cev-00350-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. County of Sacramento, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Jeremy Puckett moves to find defendants in contempt of the magistrate judge’s February 12, 2024 discovery order and requests sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37. Because a magistrate judge does not have authority to hold parties in contempt, the magistrate judge certified facts for the undersigned to consider and ordered defendants to show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt. The court held a show cause hearing on August 23, 2024. Mins. Hr’g, ECF No. 226. Anna Veross, H. Buzz Frahn and Ziwei Xiao 23 appeared for plaintiff. /d. Plaintiff Jeremy Puckett and Karyn Sinunu-Towery of the Northern 24 California Innocence Project also were present with plaintiff's counsel. 7d. John Whitefleet 25 appeared for defendants. …