Dwivedi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARRY L. BROOKINS, 1:18-cv-00645-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S THIRD

MOTION TO COMPEL AS PREMATURE

vs. (ECF No. 64.)

RAJENDRA DWIVEDI,

Defendant.

18 Barry L. Brookins (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s Complaint filed on May 10, 2019, against sole defendant Dr. Rajendra Dwivedi (“Defendant”) for failing to provide adequate medical care in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) On March 3, 2020, defendant Dwivedi filed a motion to dismiss, which is pending. (ECF No. 46.) Discovery has not been opened. On September 10, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel production of documents. (ECF No. 64.) This is Plaintiff’s third motion to compel.1 27 1 Plaintiff filed the first motion to compel on May 21, 2020, and the second motion to…