Mayes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ERNEST LEE VADEN, No. 2:19-cv-2216 TLN CKD P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 DR. ROBERT L. MAYES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a California prisoner proceeding pro se with an action for violation of civil 18 rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants are the California Department of Corrections and 19 Rehabilitation (CDCR) and two CDCR employees: Dr. Mayes and Chief Medical Executive 20 Kuersten. Discovery is closed. 21 Plaintiff seeks leave to serve 15 requests for production of documents, 15 interrogatories, 22 and 15 requests for admissions. Plaintiff asserts that after the point he was no longer permitted to 23 serve requests for discovery, he was provided evidence from defendants which necessitates 24 further discovery. 25 Newly discovered evidence is not, by itself, a reason to reopen discovery. Discovery can 26 only be reopened if the moving party demonstrates diligence in conducting discovery before the 27 deadline passed. …