(PC) Head v. County of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES HEAD, No. 2: 19-cv-1663 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a federal prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with this civil action. Pending before the court are plaintiff’s motions to compel addressed to defendant Shelton. (ECF Nos. 28, 42, 46.) Legal Standard for Motion to Compel The scope of discovery under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1) is broad. Discovery may be obtained as to “any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1). “Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.” Id. The court, however, may limit discovery if it is “unreasonably cumulative or duplicative, or can be obtained from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive;” or if the party…