McKeown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND MCCOWAN, No. 2:21-cv-0369-DAD-CKD-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER L. MCKEOWN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without a lawyer in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 6, 2024, plaintiff filed a motion to compel additional discovery from defendants. ECF No. 66 at 4; see also Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988) (establishing prison mailbox rule). Defendants filed an opposition to the motion on July 2, 2024. ECF No. 68. For the reasons explained below, the court denies plaintiff’s motion to compel. In his motion, plaintiff seeks a court order compelling defendants to supplement their responses to his request for production of documents. ECF No. 66. In addition, plaintiff seeks to depose all five defendants in this case without establishing that he has the necessary funds to pay for the requested depositions. ECF No. 66. Plaintiff attached his request…