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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK FORD, No. 2:19-cv-0191 TLN DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER VICTOR BORTOLAMEDI, as an individual, and FRANK VELA, as an individual, Defendants. 17 On June 29, 2020, defendant Victor Bortolamedi filed a motion to compel and noticed the motion for hearing before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). (ECF No. 23.) The motion is noticed for hearing before the undersigned on July 24, 2020. According to defendant’s memorandum in support, plaintiff is a state prisoner represented by counsel. (MTC (ECF No. 24) at 1.) Defendant seeks to depose plaintiff. (Id.at 3.) //// 24 1 The undersigned finds that defendant’s motion to compel may be decided without a hearing 25 pursuant to Local Rule 230(g).

26 2 In the future, the parties shall brief discovery disputes in compliance with Local Rule 251 and the undersigned’s Standard Information. See…