(PC)Seymour
(PC)Seymour v. Shirley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
AARON D. SEYMOUR, Case No. 1:22-cv-00938-JLT-EPG (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON
v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
NEUTRAL EXPERT
H. SHIRLEY, et al., (ECF No. 61) Defendants.
15 Plaintiff Aaron D. Seymour is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that the water at Wasco State Prison is contaminated; the case is currently in discovery. On September 3, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion asking the Court to appoint a neutral expert. (ECF No. 61). Plaintiff argues that an unbiased, neutral expert would assist the Court and the jury with understanding matters at issue in this case, such as carcinogens in the water, and could analyze “the medical assays, trays, bio-medicals that are at the center of this claim.” (ECF No. 61 at 1–2). The Court has the discretion to appoint an expert pursuant to Rule 706(a) of the…