(PC) Leonard v. CSP Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON THOR LEONARD, No. 2:22-cv-01231 WBS SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON SACRAMENTO, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery. (ECF No. 40.) Because plaintiff propounded the requests at issue after the discovery deadline, the court construes plaintiff’s filing as a motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order. For the reasons described below, plaintiff’s motion is granted in part. Discovery shall reopen for 30 days from the date of this order solely to resolve the discovery dispute through the “Informal Discovery Resolution” process outlined in the undersigned’s civil standing order. BACKGROUND Magistrate Judge Barnes, who was previously assigned to this matter, issued the initial discovery and scheduling…