Sutton

I. BACKGROUND

22 Isaiah Washington (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 23 pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds 24 against Defendants M. Sturges, O. Navarro, and J. Cornejo (“Defendants”) for use of excessive 25 force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) 1

27 1 On January 3, 2022, the Court issued an order for this case to proceed only with Plaintiff’s excessive force claims against defendants Sturges, Navarro, and Cornejo, and dismissing all other claims and defendants. (ECF No. 25.) On March 25, 2022, the court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order establishing pretrial deadlines for the parties, including a deadline of August 25, 2022, for conducting discovery, including the filing of motions to compel. (ECF No. 32.) The discovery deadline has expired and discovery is now closed. (Court Record.) On July 6, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel further responses from Defendants to his requests for admissions, set one, and request for production of documents, set one. (ECF No. 40.) On July 22, 2022, Defendants filed an opposition…