Ibrahim

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMBRI SEAN JOHNSON, SR., Case No. 2:16-cv-00387-JAM-JDP (P) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS

TO COMPEL AND TO DEFER

v. CONSIDERATION OF DEFENDANTS’

MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

IBRAHIM, et al., ECF Nos. 70 & 71 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that he suffered an injury to his hand and that defendants Chen and Ibrahim, who provided him medical care, were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. ECF No. 12. Both defendants have filed motions for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 68 & 69. Plaintiff did not file an opposition to either motion. Instead, he filed the two motions that request, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(d), that the court defer ruling on defendants’ motions for summary judgment and compel defendant Ibrahim to provide further responses to his discovery requests. ECF Nos. 70…