Allenby

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 Case No. 1:18-cv-00554-DAD-EPG (PC)

RICHARD SCOTT KINDRED,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR ORDER Plaintiff, OF PROTECTION 13 v. (ECF NO. 21) BRANDON PRICE, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff, Richard Scott Kindred, a civil detainee at the Coalinga State Hospital, is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for an order of protection (ECF No. 21). The Court denies the motion. The Court previously denied Plaintiff’s request for an order to preserve evidence and for early discovery. (ECF Nos. 14, 20.) As the Court explained in its previous order, at this point in the proceedings, the defendants have not been served and made their appearance in the action. Thus, the Court currently lacks jurisdiction over any of the named defendants and it cannot issue any orders prohibiting them from taking…