Montejo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JIMMIE EARL STEPHENS, No. 2:18-cv-1796 KJM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER E. MONTEJO, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendant was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in the treatment of his prostate cancer. Before the court are: (1) defendant’s motion for terminating sanctions for plaintiff’s failure to respond to court-ordered discovery, and (2) a number of motions filed by plaintiff. For the reasons set forth below, this court will deny all pending motions. In addition, this court will order plaintiff to provide defendant with a verification of his discovery responses and further responses to the request for production of documents. BACKGROUND This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s claim in his third amended complaint that defendant Montejo violated his Eighth Amendment rights in the…