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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK FORD, No. 2:19-cv-00191-TLN-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER VICTOR BORTOLAMEDI; FRANK VELA; and CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORREECTIONS

AND REHABILITATION,

16 Defendants.

18 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Victor Bortolamedi’s (“Bortolamedi”) Ex Parte Application to Modify the Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 39.) Also before the Court is Plaintiff Patrick Ford’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Leave to Amend the Initial Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 31.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Bortolamedi’s Ex Parte Application and Plaintiff’s motion. /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed the instant civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on January 31, 2019, alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. (ECF No. 1.) The Court entered its Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order on the same date. (ECF No. 3.) …