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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DYRELL WAYNE JONES, Case No. 1:19-cv-396-DAD-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO COMPEL REGARDING

v. IDENTITIES OF PLAINTIFF’S WITNESSES J. WALINGA, M. PITCHFORD, (Doc. No. 50) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Dyrell Wayne Jones is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in his civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to compel Plaintiff to provide the identities of his witnesses to the incident to Defendants (Doc. No. 50-1) and attached Declaration of Joanne Chen (Doc. No. 50-2), filed October 23, 2020. Plaintiff did not file an opposition to the motion. I. BACKGROUND In summary, Defendants state that they have asked Plaintiff both during his deposition and in interrogatory questions provided on August 26, 2020 to identify all witnesses who could provide testimony supporting Plaintiff’s contentions in…