Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUIS A. MARTINEZ, No. 2:22-cv-1369-DC-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER P. LOPEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds without counsel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants’ motion to deem requests for admission admitted or to require amended responses (ECF No. 43) is before the court. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted, in part, and plaintiff must serve amended responses within 14 days of service of this order. In addition, the court sets a new discovery cut-off for the claims and defenses involving defendant DeRamus and a deadline for dispositive motions as set forth below. I. Background Plaintiff proceeds on the first amended complaint filed on March 1, 2023 (ECF No. 10) with a deliberate indifference claim under the Eighth Amendment against defendants DeRamus, Gordon, and Lopez. (See ECF No. 11.) In relevant part, plaintiff alleges he requested medical assistance from…