(PC)Wright

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANIEL WEBSTER WRIGHT, No. 2:17-cv-260-KJM-EFB P Plaintiff,

v. ORDER

J. LEWIS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Now pending is defendant P. Sahota’s (“defendant”) motion to compel wherein he argues that plaintiff has failed to respond to interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission which were served on him on April 17, 2020 (and which were due on May 20, 2020). ECF No. 43 at 3. Plaintiff has filed a combined opposition and request for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 47) and defendant has filed a reply (ECF No. 49). Legal Standards Parties are obligated to respond to interrogatories to the fullest extent possible under oath, Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(3), and any objections must be stated with specificity, Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(4); Davis v. Fendler, 650 F.2d 1154, 1160 (9th Cir.…