Fisher
(PC) Lugo v. Fisher
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 KEITH ROBERT LUGO, Case No.: 1:19-cv-00039-NONE-SAB (PC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTIONS FOR CONTEMPT AND
SANCTIONS
R. FISHER, et al., (ECF Nos. 59, 63) Defendants.
10 Plaintiff Keith Robert Lugo is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 26, 2020 and September 10, 2020, Plaintiff filed separate motions for contempt and sanctions. (ECF Nos. 59, 63.) Pursuant to court order, Defendants filed a response on October 29, 2020. (ECF Nos. 66, 67.) I. DISCUSSION A court may sanction a party for failing to obey a discovery order and may treat the failure as contempt of court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(A)(vii). Civil contempt “consists of a party's disobedience to a specific and definite court order by failure to take all reasonable steps within the party's power to comply.” In re…