(PC) Donaldson v. Garland

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD JULIUS DONALDSON, No. 2:21-cv-1178 TLN KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MERRICK GARLAND, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a federal prisoner, proceeding pro se. On October 31, 2022, plaintiff filed a 18 request for assistance in locating defendant Tuttle, as well as a request for a subpoena duces 19 tecum form directed to the Clerk of Court. 20 As discussed below, the undersigned grants plaintiff additional time to locate defendant 21 Tuttle, and grants plaintiff leave to conduct early discovery solely for the purpose of locating 22 defendant J. Tuttle’s current address. 23 Background 24 On July 20, 2022, summons directed to defendant J. Tuttle was returned unexecuted 25 noting Tuttle had “retired w/no forwarding address.” (ECF No. 31.) Plaintiff was directed to 26 provide a current address on a completed USM-285 form within sixty days. (ECF No. 34.) 27 Plaintiff sought a ninety-day extension of time, but was granted an extension of…