Wooten

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUSTIN WOOTEN, No. 2:19-CV-0940-JAM-DMC Plaintiff, v. ORDER BUTTE COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, who is proceeding with retained counsel, brings this civil action. Pending before the Court is defendants’ motion to compel. See ECF No. 19. The matter was submitted on the papers without oral argument pursuant to Eastern District of California General Order 612. Filed in support of the motion is defendants’ separate statement. See ECF No. 20. Plaintiff, who is represented by Stanley Goff, Esq., did not contribute to a joint statement as required by Eastern District of California Local Rule 251. 23 I. BACKGROUND On October 31, 2019, defendants served on plaintiff their first set of interrogatories, requests for admissions, and requests for production. See 19-2 (declaration of defendants’ counsel), Exhibits A, B, and C. Defendants assert: “To this date, Plaintiff…