(PC)Leonard

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FREDERICK E. LEONARD, No. 2:19-CV-2271-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GURMEET KAUR, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Defendant’s motion to compel Plaintiff’s deposition testimony. ECF No. 28. Plaintiff objects to granting the motion. ECF No. 29. The Court issued its discovery ordered on September 1, 2020. ECF No. 21. The Court permitted the parties to conduct discovery until December 27, 2020. Id. at 2. The order, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2)(B), specifically permitted Defendant to depose Plaintiff. Id. at 1–2. The order further obliged to serve notice upon Plaintiff in advance of a deposition, as required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(1). Id. at 2. The Court ordered Defendant to provide Plaintiff with 14 days advance notice of a deposition. Id. at 1–2. Defendant…