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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH DANIEL NEVIS, No. 2:17-cv-02295-JAM-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, et al, 15 Defendants. 16 I. Introduction This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery from defendants Amtrak and Union Pacific (ECF No. 48). This discovery motion was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. 302(c)(1). The parties appeared through counsel at a hearing on October 30, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. For the reasons stated below, the court grants plaintiff’s motion in part and denies it in part. II. Relevant Background Plaintiff alleges that in April 2016, he checked himself into a rehabilitation center called “Buddy’s House.” ECF No. 1 at 2. On December 23, 2016, plaintiff at some point consumed alcohol, but knows nothing else of what happened that day. Id. In the early hours of December 24, plaintiff was found by local law enforcement in…