German

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEVONTE HARRIS, 1:15-cv-01462-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO COMPEL

vs. (ECF No. 66.)

HUMBERTO GERMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

16 I. BACKGROUND Devonte Harris (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with the First Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff on March 14, 2016, against defendants Correctional Officer (C/O) Humberto German, C/O Philip Holguin, and C/O R. Burnitzki (collectively, “Defendants”), for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment; and, against defendant C/O Philip Holguin for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. (ECF No. 8.) On April 25, 2019, the court issued a scheduling order setting a deadline of August 30, 2019, for completion of discovery, including the filing of motions to compel and a deadline of October…