Berry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 DEBRA BERRY, Case No. 1:16-cv-00411-LJO-EPG 9 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO FILE

INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL; AND

v. DISMISSING CASE FOR FAILURE TO

COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER TO PAY

YOSEMITE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DISTRICT, et al., SANCTION

Defendants. (ECF No. 83) 14 15 Plaintiff Debra Berry proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in this civil rights 16 action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 17 U.S.C. § 2000(d). On May 3, 2019, Defendants filed a “Motion for Sanctions for Plaintiff’s 18 Discovery Abuse Violation of Court Order” against Plaintiff. (ECF No. 67.) The motion was 19 based upon Plaintiff’s refusal to provide testimony regarding her prior mental health treatment 20 and information about persons with whom she has lived within the past five years after being 21 directly ordered to provide such information both in a written order and in a telephone conference 22 during her deposition. Defendants’ motion sought terminating sanctions…