Gosai

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DARYL ANTHONY HICKS, Case No. 2:20-cv-2303-DC-JDP (P) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 GOSAI, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, who is incarcerated and proceeding without counsel, has filed a motion to alter 18 or amend judgment.1 ECF No. 101. The procedural history of this case is extensive, so I will 19 only review the history intertwined with the court’s order closing this action. 20 In November 2020, plaintiff filed this action alleging that defendants Gosai and Ramme 21 violated his Eighth Amendment rights. ECF No. 1. The initial discovery and scheduling order, 22 issued July 5, 2023, set the discovery deadline as December 8, 2023, and the dispositive motion 23 deadline as May 3, 2024. ECF No. 53. Following that, defendants filed five motions to modify 24 the scheduling order, ECF Nos. 56, 59, 65, 76, & 94—needed, at least in part, due to plaintiff’s 25

1 Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal on October 14, 2025. ECF No. 106. This court,…