Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 G. DANIEL WALKER, No. 2:17-cv-1764 KJM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SCOTT KERNAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendants conspired to retaliate against him because he named them as defendants in prior lawsuits. Presently before the court is defendants’ motion to compel, for sanctions, and to modify the discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 67.) For the reasons set forth below the motion will be granted in part, and denied in part. I. Background Defendants served on plaintiff a notice of deposition, to be taken via videoconferencing. Thereafter, plaintiff filed a motion to vacate and stay the deposition. (ECF No. 60.) Plaintiff argued he was concerned about the risk of contracting COVID-19 while attending the deposition, he did not have all the documents he needed for the…