Bibbs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 RAYMOND H. DENTON, Case No. 1:19-cv-00316-DAD-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTIONS TO COMPEL

S. BIBB, et al., (ECF. Nos. 57, 59, 60, & 61)

13 Defendants. 14 15 16 I. INTRODUCTION Raymond Denton (“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. This case is proceeding on Plaintiff’s claim against defendants S. Bibb,1 Lieutenant J. Anderson, Lieutenant T. Costa, and Associate Warden R. Chavez for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. (ECF Nos. 11 & 16). Plaintiff alleges that these defendants retaliated against him for filing grievances. (ECF No. 9). On June 3, 2022, Plaintiff filed four motions to compel answers to his requests for admission. (ECF Nos. 57, 59, 60, & 61). Each motion is directed at a different defendant. (Id.). In his motion to compel directed at defendant Bibb, Plaintiff alleges that…