Gosai

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARYL ANTHONY HICKS, Case No. 2:20-cv-2303-DC-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER GOSAI, et al., Defendant. 16 17 Pending before the court is defendant’s motion to compel. ECF No. 82. Also pending is plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel and for a trial date. ECF No. 86. I will grant defendant’s motion and order plaintiff to provide supplemental discovery responses within twenty-one days. I will deny plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel and for a trial date. Background This case has an extensive procedural background. For context, plaintiff filed his original complaint in November 2020. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff’s fourth amended complaint is operative, in which he alleges that defendant Gosai, a correctional officer, violated his Eighth Amendment 26

1 For the sake of brevity, I discuss only the most relevant filings. rights by sexually assaulting him. ECF No. 32 at 2. Plaintiff also…