Moghaddam

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL GADDY, No. 2:16-cv-2269 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER E. MOGHADDAM, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Background Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison who proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Discovery closes on November 13, 2020. Presently pending are plaintiff’s requests for: (1) issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, and (2) appointment of a neutral medical expert. For the reasons set forth below, the court directs plaintiff to refine his request for issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, and denies without prejudice plaintiff’s request for appointment of a neutral medical expert. This case is premised on plaintiff’s claims of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs during his prior incarceration at California State Prison Sacramento, after he broke his hand on May 27, 2016 when he…