Manning

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEX LAMOTA MARTI, No. 2:21-cv-01829 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER TODD MANNING, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed two motions for sanctions (ECF Nos. 42, 46), which are fully briefed. For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny both motions. The court will also deny his associated motion for an order granting the second motion for sanctions (ECF No. 71), and deny plaintiff’s motion to supplement the record (ECF No. 55). BACKGROUND The factual and procedural background of the case is recounted in detail in the court’s contemporaneous order adjudicating plaintiff’s numerous discovery motions and accordingly is omitted here. MOTIONS FOR SANCTIONS I. Legal Standards “A federal trial court has the inherent discretionary power to make…