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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA JASON DALKE, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00534-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO v. ) TAKE DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANTS

KING CLARK, et al., ) (ECF No. 88) )

Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Joshua Jason Dalke is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to take the deposition of Defendants, filed March 31, 2021. It is not entirely clear how Plaintiff wishes to take Defendants’ depositions. To the extent, Plaintiff seeks to take the depositions by written questions such depositions must be taken pursuant to the procedures set forth under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 31. The deposition upon written questions basically would work as follows: The prisoner would send out a notice of deposition that identifies (a) the deponent (i.e., the…