Gallegos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS LEE GLEASON, JR., Case No. 1:19-cv-00539-NONE-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER FOLLOWING INITIAL

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

v.

G. PLACENCIA, Defendant. 16 Thomas Gleason, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 23, 2020, the Court held an Initial Scheduling Conference (“Conference”). Plaintiff telephonically appeared on his own behalf. Counsel Jeremy Duggan telephonically appeared on behalf of Defendant. During the Conference, and with the benefit of the scheduling conference statement provided by Defendant and the initial disclosures provided by Plaintiff, the Court and the parties discussed relevant documents in this case and their possible locations. In addition to opening discovery generally, the Court ordered that certain documents that are central to the dispute be promptly produced. Therefore, in an effort…