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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER J. MILLER, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01117-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO

DEFENDANT’S DISCOVERY REQUESTS

SERGEANT M. SOTO, ) ) (ECF No. 38) Defendant. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Christopher Miller is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 17, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time to respond to Defendant’s discovery requests served on August 13, 2021. Defendant filed an opposition on September 28, 2021, and Plaintiff filed a reply on October 5, 2021. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 provides that a discovery and scheduling order controls the course of litigation unless the Court subsequently alters the original order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(d). A party seeking leave of court…