Pruitt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MALCOLM TANDY LAMON STROUD, Case No. 1:17-cv-01659 JLT BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

TERMINATING SANCTIONS, AND

PRUITT, et al., DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

CLOSE THE CASE

Defendants. (Docs. 62, 63) 16 Malcolm Tandy Lamon Stroud, aka Treasure Stroud, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants moved to dismiss the action, seeking terminating sanctions pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2) on the grounds that Plaintiff failed to comply with the Court’s order compelling discovery. (Doc. 62.) The magistrate judge observed that Defendants previously moved to compel Plaintiff’s production of documents that she relied upon during her deposition and “did not turn over for copying or scanning.” (Doc. 63 at 1, citing Doc. 58.) The Court granted…