Villarreal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREEM J. HOWELL, Case No. 1:19-cv-01178-NONE-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER FOLLOWING INITIAL

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

v.

S. VILLARREAL, et al., Defendants. 16 Kareem J. Howell (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 7, 2020, the Court held an Initial Scheduling Conference (“Conference”). Plaintiff telephonically appeared on his own behalf. Counsel Erik Gutierrez and Joanna Hood telephonically appeared on behalf of Defendants. During the Conference, and with the benefit of the scheduling conference statement provided by Defendants, the Court and the parties discussed relevant documents in this case and their possible locations. In addition to opening discovery generally, the Court ordered that certain documents that are central to the dispute be promptly produced. Therefore, in an effort to secure the…