(PC) Ortega v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 ALBERT ORTEGA, Case No. 1:19-cv-00999-NONE-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL 12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (ECF. No. 41) 13 Defendant. 14 15 16 I. BACKGROUND Albert Ortega (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s Federal Tort Claims Act claim against defendant United States of America, based on allegations that officers at United States Penitentiary Atwater failed to address water that had accumulated. (ECF No. 25). This failure allegedly led to Plaintiff slipping and falling. (Id. at 3). On June 25, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel. (ECF No. 41). On July 16, 2021, Defendant filed an opposition. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant the motion in part and deny the motion in part.1 27 1 The Court issues this amended order to remove the following two sentences from what…