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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS DIMITRE, No. 2:17-CV-01698-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES’ UNION, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a licensed attorney proceeding pro se moves to reopen discovery so that he may file a motion to compel under Rule 251. The court submitted the matter without oral argument. ECF No. 50. For the reasons provided below, the court DENIES plaintiffs’ motion to reopen discovery. I. BACKGROUND In its scheduling order, issued in February 2018, the court set the cut-off for fact discovery as October 15, 2018. On October 28, 2018, nearly two weeks after that deadline, plaintiff first moved to compel the production of all documents response to his first request for production. ECF No. 29. After the magistrate judge vacated the hearing on the motion due to plaintiff’s failure to meet and confer as required by Local Rule 251, ECF No. 33, plaintiff filed an amended motion, ECF No. 34. On February…