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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ASHLEY LUTHER MURRAY PRICE, No. 2:17-cv-0772-MCE-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER BARNES, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has filed a motion to compel and a motion for a copy of his deposition transcript. ECF No. 38. Motion to Compel On October 2, 2019, the court issued a discovery and scheduling order. ECF No. 34. It required that all requests for written discovery be served by December 20, 2019, and that all motions to compel be filed no later than February 21, 2020. Id. at 4. On May 8, 2020, long after these deadlines expired, plaintiff filed a motion to compel defendants to respond to discovery that he had requested in February, 2020. ECF No. 38. As is clear from the scheduling order, any requests for written discovery made after December 20, 2019, were untimely. Moreover, the instant…