Butts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE JUAREZ, No. 2:15-cv-1996 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CARMEN BUTTS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment and that they retaliated against him. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery responses from defendants. For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny the motion. BACKGROUND This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s fourth amended complaint filed here on July 12, 2018. (ECF No. 74.) On screening, this court found plaintiff stated potentially cognizable Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Atienza and Bhatia for deliberate indifference to his serious pain. The court further found plaintiff alleged a potentially cognizable claim that Atienza 27 …