Bassett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IVAN BASSETT, No. 2:21-cv-01025-MCE-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF BUTTE, et al., Defendants. 16 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Ivan Bassett’s (“Plaintiff”) Ex Parte Application for Extension of Discovery Deadlines in which Plaintiff seeks a 60-day extension of the current discovery deadlines to “allow sufficient time for [P]laintiff to complete witness depositions as well as to retain the appropriate experts in this matter.” Pl.’s App., ECF No. 11, at 1. Defendants County of Butte, Butte County Sheriff’s Office, and Sheriff Kory L. Honea (“County Defendants”) oppose this application. ECF No. 13. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Application is DENIED. Plaintiff initiated this action on June 10, 2021, with County Defendants and CFMG each filing Answers to the Complaint. ECF Nos. 1, 5, 8. On March 28, 2022, Plaintiff’s deposition was taken. Washington Decl., ECF No. 13-1, at 2 ¶…