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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RENELL THORPE, No. 2: 19-cv-1974 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER C. HEARN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is defendants’ motion to compel. (ECF No. 45.) Defendants move to compel further responses to request for admissions, set one, nos. 14-31, 33, 36, 37, 43, 45, 48, 49, and request for admissions, set two, nos. 1-11. For the reasons stated herein, defendants’ motion to compel is denied. ////

Defendants filed the motion to compel on October 9, 2020. (ECF No. 45.) On April 2, 2021, Chief United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller referred this matter to the court’s pro 25 bono panel to identify an appropriate attorney to represent plaintiff in this action. (ECF No. 59.) Based on Judge Mueller’s April 2, 2021 order, on April 9, 2021, the undersigned vacated the 26 motion to…