Acharya

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD GOMEZ, No. 2:17-cv-2407 MCE CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ACHARYA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner at the California Health Care Facility, proceeds pro se with a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a motion to compel discovery and motion for an extension of time, (ECF No. 60; ECF No. 62) and defendants have filed motions to modify the discovery and scheduling orders. (ECF No. 61, 66.) I. Motion to Compel The scope of discovery under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1) is broad. Discovery may be obtained as to “any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1). “Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.” Id. The court, however, may limit discovery if it is “unreasonably cumulative or…