Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSON, No. 2:18-cv-03101-JAM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOE A. LIZARRAGA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 17 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 18 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302(c)(21). 19 On May 14, 2021, the magistrate judge issued an order denying plaintiff’s motions to 20 compel discovery. ECF No. 38. Plaintiff has filed a motion for reconsideration of the magistrate 21 judge’s order. ECF No. 39. 22 A magistrate judge’s orders shall be upheld unless it is “clearly erroneous or contrary to 23 law.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); E.D. Cal. L.R. 303(f). Under that standard, the court must 24 accept the magistrate judge’s decision unless it has a “definite and firm conviction that a mistake 25 has been committed.” Concrete Pipe & Prods. of Cal., Inc. v. Const. Laborers Pension Trust for 26 So. Cal., 508 U.S. 602,…