Haas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, No. 2:15-cv-2266 DAD AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER HAAS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The trial date has been repeatedly postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and judicial reassignments, and is now set for January 9, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd. ECF No. 128. Plaintiff filed a motion to compel, ECF No. 124, which seeks information from defense counsel that would help plaintiff identify an eyewitness known to plaintiff as “C.J.” or “Johnson.” Defendants have opposed the motion. ECF Nos. 125, 126. Discovery in this case closed on December 15, 2017. ECF No. 33 at 5. Plaintiff’s motion is untimely and would be denied as such even if it sought discoverable information from a party over whom the court has jurisdiction (which it does not). Moreover, plaintiff’s recent request to supplement his witness list, ECF No. 127,…