Pickett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUIS MANUEL GARCES, No. 2:17-cv-0319 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. PICKETT, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court are defendants’ motion to compel plaintiff’s deposition and a motion for monetary sanctions (ECF No. 171) and plaintiff’s request for a conference (ECF No. 172). I. Procedural History By order filed June 25, 2021, the undersigned granted defendants’ motion to compel plaintiff to appear for his deposition. ECF No. 161. Plaintiff was warned that failure to participate in the deposition would result in sanctions that could range from exclusion of evidence all the way up to dismissal of the case, depending upon the degree of non-compliance. Id. at 3. Defendants have now filed another motion to compel plaintiff to participate in his deposition. ECF No. 171. //// II. …