(PC) Parker v. N. West
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN PARKER, No. 2:22-cv-2015 CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND REVISED SCHEDULING
ORDER
N. WEST, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Before the Court is defendant’s motion to compel compliance with the deposition subpoena for the testimony of an incarcerated nonparty witness and second motion to modify the scheduling order. (ECF No. 61.) As discussed below, defendant’s motion is denied without prejudice, and the scheduling order is modified pending refiling and resolution of the renewed motion to compel compliance with the deposition subpoena. I. BACKGROUND This action proceeds on plaintiff’s amended complaint alleging that on October 31, 2019, defendant N. West allegedly paid inmate Durrell Puckett to murder plaintiff by removing Puckett’s restraints and opening his cell door to enable Puckett to attack plaintiff, who was chained to the dayroom floor. (ECF No. 18 at 6-7.) …