Medina

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH LEE TAYLOR, No. 2: 19-cv-00450 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER KUERSTON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on plaintiff’s claim alleging that defendants Medina and Chavez used excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment on June 28, 2017 when they threw plaintiff to the ground. This action is set for a jury trial before the Honorable Troy L. Nunley on June 6, 2022. In the instant order, the undersigned addresses plaintiff’s requests for appointment of an expert witness and to reopen discovery made in his pretrial statement. Request for Appointment of Expert Witness Legal Standard Federal Rule of Evidence 706 provides that “the court may order the parties to show cause why expert witnesses should not be appointed and may ask the parties to submit nominations. The…