Lyons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLEN HAMMLER, 1:19-cv-01650-AWI-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

LUCAS’S EX PARTE APPLICATION TO

vs. MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER (ECF No. 51.) J. LYONS, et al.,

ORDER EXTENDING DISCOVERY

Defendants. DEADLINE UNTIL MARCH 18, 2022 FOR

LIMITED PURPOSE

15 I. BACKGROUND Allen Hammler (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint filed on April 3, 2019, against defendant A. Lucas (Appeals Coordinator) (“Defendant”) for violation of freedom of speech under the First Amendment.1 (ECF No. 12.) On August 26, 2021, the court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order establishing pretrial deadlines for the parties, including a deadline of January 26, 2022 to complete discovery. (ECF No. 41.) On January 25, 2022, Defendant Lucas filed an ex parte…