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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSE WASHINGTON, No. 1:17-cv-00302-LJO-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S EX

PARTE REQUESTS FOR COURT LEAVE

H. GAMBOA, et al., TO EXTEND DISCOVERY Defendants. (ECF No. 55) 16 17 Plaintiff, Jesse Washington, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court has before it Plaintiff’s ex parte request to extend discovery, which was filed on September 6, 2019. (ECF No. 55.) Plaintiff’s request to reopen discovery is denied. The deadline for the parties to submit written discovery requests was April 13, 2018, and the deadline for non-expert discovery was September 28, 2018. (ECF No. 31.) Thus, the deadline for Plaintiff to seek discovery has passed. To reopen discovery, Plaintiff must demonstrate good cause. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) (“A schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s…