Wills
Wills v. City of Monterey
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CYNTHIA S WILLS, Case No. 21-cv-01998-EMC (LJC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY IN
v. LIGHT OF SUPREME COURT
DECISION
CITY OF MONTEREY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 190 Defendants.
Defendant the City of Monterey asserts in an August 2, 2024 letter brief that the Court should limit discovery from the City in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, 144 S. Ct. 2202 (2024). ECF No. 190. Whether Grants Pass forecloses or affects the scope of pro se Plaintiff Cynthia Wills’s Eighth Amendment claim against the City is the subject of a motion for judgment on the pleadings that is currently set for a September 12, 2024 hearing before Judge Chen. The effect of Grants Pass is an issue for Judge Chen to decide on that motion. In the meantime, the deadline to complete fact discovery is August 29, 2024. In the absence of an order by Judge Chen altering that deadline or dismissing Wills’s claim, this…