Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

vs. RESPONSES (ECF Nos. 60, 63.) HICKS, et al.,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

Defendants. REQUESTS FOR SANCTIONS, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

20 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 original 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 27 1 On June 22, 2020, the court issued an order dismissing all other claims and defendants from this action, based on Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim. (ECF No. 19.) On December 8, 2020, the court issued a Discovery and Scheduling…