Shearer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEON HAWKINS, No. 2:19-cv-02295-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER A. SHEARER, et al., Defendants. 16 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. Currently pending before the court are plaintiff’s eight separate motions to compel discovery responses from defendants. ECF Nos. 42-48, 51. Plaintiff has also filed a motion for an extension of time to reserve his first set of requests for admissions on defendant Sharp. ECF No. 39. Defendants have filed an opposition to the pending motions. ECF Nos. 49, 53-54, 57. For the reasons explained below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motions and reset the dispositive motions deadline governing this case. This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s complaint alleging an Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against defendants Shearer, Sharp, and Deitchman. See ECF No. 13 (screening order). …