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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL C. TOMASINI, No. 2:18-cv-00286-DAD-AC (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

RECONSIDERATION OF THE ASSIGNED

JAMES CHAU, et al., MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 ORDER LIMITING DISCOVERY Defendants. (Doc. No. 51) 16 Plaintiff Paul C. Tomasini is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On September 1, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued an order granting defendants’ motion for a protective order and limiting the number of written discovery requests that plaintiff may propound on each of the five defendants. (Doc. No. 50.) Specifically, the magistrate judge ordered that “[p]laintiff’s written discovery requests shall be limited to twenty-five requests for admissions per defendant; ten…