Orozco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 J.L. HOWZE, No. 2:16-cv-1738 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER A.B. OROZCO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 has filed a motion to compel (ECF No. 59), a motion for partial summary judgment (ECF No. 70), a motion to amend the first amended complaint (ECF No. 71), motions disputing the court’s modifications of the scheduling order (ECF Nos. 77, 79), and a motion for leave to file a memorandum (ECF No. 78). The motion for leave to amend (ECF No. 71) will be addressed separately by Findings and Recommendations to the district judge. As all other pending matters involve discovery or scheduling, they are resolved by this order. I. Motion to Compel A. Legal Standard 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…