(PC)Thomas
(PC)Thomas v. Doe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNEST THOMAS, Case No. 1:24-cv-01319-HBK (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL AS PREMATURE
v. (Doc. No. 16) JANE DOE,
Defendant.
16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed Motion to Compel. (Doc. No. 16). Citing CDCR regulations, Plaintiff requests the Court to order the unknown and unserved Defendants to provide him access to certain surveillance video and body camera footage from October 27, 2023 through October 30, 2023. (Id. at 4). Plaintiff claims this video evidence is necessary to refute statements made in response to his grievance and prove the veracity of factual allegations he made in is First amended Complaint. (Id.). The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure distinguish between parties and non-parties in
1 This is Plaintiff’s second motion to compel Defendants to produce the same material: Building Two “A” Yard video footage from October 27, 2023 through October 30, 2023. (Compare Doc.…