Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, 1:19-cv-00156-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO COMPEL AND FOR SANCTIONS, AND

vs. DENYING MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT

OF COUNSEL

HICKS, et al., (ECF No. 38.) Defendants. 16 17 I. BACKGROUND Tracye Benard Washington (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s Complaint filed on February 5, 2019, against defendants Sergeant David Hicks and Correctional Officer Hipolito Rocha (“Defendants”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.)1 On December 7, 2020, Defendant Rocha filed an Answer, and on December 8, 2020, the court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order, setting a discovery deadline of May 8, 2021 and a dispositive motions deadline of July 8, 2021. (ECF No. 28.) On December 23, 2020, Defendant 27 …