Avila

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY BRIAN PORTEOUS, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-00529-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) TO COMPEL

R. AVILA, et al., ) (ECF No. 17) )

Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Larry Brian Porteous is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to compel, filed April 15, 2022. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND Defendant R. Avila for retaliation and against Defendants R. Avila and K. Welch for a due process violation. Defendants filed an answer to the complaint on September 20, 2021. On October 22, 2021, the Court issued the discovery and scheduling order. As previously stated, on April 15, 2022, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to compel. Defendants filed an opposition on May 4, 2022, and…