Alvarez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GUILLERMO CRUZ TRUJILLO, No. 1:14-cv-00976-NONE-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

v. (Doc. Nos. 123, 129) MUNOZ and ALVAREZ, Defendants. 16 On June 23, 2014, plaintiff Guillermo Cruz Trujillo, a state prisoner, brought this action pro se and in forma pauperis under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his constitutional rights. (Doc. No. 1.) The assigned magistrate judge has had a long and clearly frustrating period of time attempting to manage plaintiff’s participation in the discovery phase of this litigation. It began with plaintiff’s failure to send initial disclosures or file a scheduling conference statement for the January 7, 2019 initial scheduling conference in this action. (Doc. No. 129 at 2) (citing Doc. No. 47.) After plaintiff’s repeated failure to follow the magistrate judge’s instructions on how to properly conduct discovery and his filing of frivolous discovery motions despite being warned not to do…