Parriot

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, 1:19-cv-00286-JLT-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING

vs. ORDER TO EXTEND THE DISCOVERY

DEADLINE

PARRIOT, et al., (ECF No. 53.)

Defendants.

21 I. BACKGROUND Lawrence Christopher Smith (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with the First Amended Complaint filed on September 10, 2020, against defendants Cantu, W. Gutierrez, and Mattingly (“Defendants”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 22.) On September 15, 2021, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that Plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies and also pursuant to Heck v. Humphrey. (ECF No. 47.) Plaintiff has not filed an opposition to the motion for summary…