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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PAUL DAVID JOHNSON, No. 2:15-cv-1313 TLN KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 J.A. BEARD, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff seeks sanctions under 18 Rules 11(c) and 37(d)(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Defendant Collinsworth filed 19 an opposition. As discussed below, plaintiff’s motion is denied. 20 Sanctions Under Rule 11 21 Plaintiff contends that defendants should be sanctioned because they failed to answer the 22 third amended complaint, delayed the case, and refused to proceed to trial. (ECF No. 201 at 2.) 23 He argues that defendants have “misrepresented the issues when in fact there is a genuine issue 24 that needs to be handled by a jury trial.” (Id.) Plaintiff asserts that lawyers have been ordered to 25 show cause why they should not be sanctioned for making frivolous arguments. (ECF No. 201 at 26 5.) 27 “Rule 11 is intended to deter baseless filings in…