Valdez
Edward B. Spencer v. L. Valdez, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD B. SPENCER, No. 1:23-cv-00357-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO AMEND THE ANSWER AND
v. MODIFY THE DISCOVERY AND
SCHEDULING ORDER
L. VALDEZ, et al., (ECF Nos. 51, 52, 53) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to amend their answer and motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order, filed on October 31, 2025. Plaintiff filed an opposition on November 17, 2025, and Defendants filed a reply on December 1, 2025. I. BACKGROUND This action was filed on March 9, 2023 (ECF No. 1), and the operative First Amended Complaint was filed on April 24, 2023. (ECF No. 13.) Defendants answered the First Amended Complaint on July 31, 2023 (ECF No. 21), and the Court issued a Discovery…