Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA BLAND, Case No. 1:20-cv-00478-DAD-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO

EXCHANGE DOCUMENTS

v.

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, et al., PROVIDE DEFENSE COUNSEL WITH HIS

INITIAL DISCLOSURES

Defendant(s).

14 Joshua Bland (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 27, 2021, the Court issued an order requiring the parties to file scheduling conference statements and exchange initial disclosures. (ECF No. 43). The parties have now filed their scheduling conference statements. (ECF Nos. 52 & 54). Defendants state that they provided their initial disclosures. (ECF No. 52, p. 2). Despite being informed of his obligation to provide Defendants with his initial disclosures on three separate occasions (ECF Nos. 43, 48, & 53), Plaintiff did not provide initial disclosures. Instead, he…