(PC) Myers v. Bates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BYRON CHAPIN MYERS, No. 2:19-cv-00786-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER K. BATES, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 3, 2021, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 34. Plaintiff has filed a motion to continue the discovery period and to defer consideration of the pending summary judgment motion pursuant to Local Rule 260. ECF No. 36. As discovery in this case closed on May 4, 2021, the court will liberally construe plaintiff’s motion as a request to modify the discovery and scheduling order by reopening the discovery period. See ECF No. 27 (Discovery and Scheduling Order). Local Rule 260(b) requires the party opposing summary judgment to “provide a specification of the particular facts on which discovery is to be had or the issues on which discovery is necessary.” In…