Russell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL JOE FOSTER, SR., Case No. 2:19-cv-02162-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO COMPEL AND TO MODIFY

v. THE DECEMBER 8, 2020 SCHEDULING

ORDER

RUSSELL, et al., ECF No. 34 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff M. Foster is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has filed a motion to compel responses to several discovery requests. ECF No. 34. He also asks that the court modify the scheduling order to extend the deadline for completion of discovery. Defendants B. Russell and D. Burnsed have filed an opposition, arguing first that plaintiff seeks discovery that he never requested from defendants; and second that where requests were served, plaintiff failed to meet and confer with defendants before filing his motion. ECF No. 36. Plaintiff has not filed a reply, and the time to do so has passed. For the reasons stated below, I grant his motion in part.…