Jenkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODNEY KARL BLACKWELL, No. 2:19-cv-00442 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER A. JENKINS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendant violated his Eighth and First Amendment rights. On April 26, 2022, the court denied plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery. Presently before the court are two renewed motions to compel filed by plaintiff. (ECF No. 84, 90.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny the motions to compel. PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO COMPEL I. Legal Standard for Motions to Compel Under Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[p]arties may obtain discovery regarding any non-privileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case, considering the importance of the issues at stake in the action,…