(PC) Smith v. Municipality of Fresno County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY PAUL SMITH, No. 2:21-cv-1992 KJM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MUNICIPALITY OF FRESNO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On July 14, 2022, a document filed by plaintiff was docketed. ECF No. 102. The document is lengthy and difficult to understand. Due to the document’s content (to the extent it can be deciphered), including what appear to be handwritten discovery requests and related narrative (see id. at 2-20), and the current stage of these proceedings, the court construes the filing as a motion to compel discovery.1

26 In the motion, plaintiff also “requests summary judgment.” ECF No. 102 at 6. The filing does not adhere to the guidelines for a summary judgment motion, however. See generally Fed.…