Mayfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 LEOBARDO ERIC RAMOS, Case No. 1:21-cv-01036-ADA-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO DEPOSE INMATE v. WITNESSES 12 MAYFIELD, et al., (ECF No. 79) Defendants. 14 15 Leobardo Ramos (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is proceeding on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against defendant Mayfield and defendant Doe. (ECF Nos. 10 & 21). On January 23, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion to depose inmate witnesses. (ECF No. 79). Plaintiff seeks permission to depose four inmate witnesses. Plaintiff appears to state that he cannot afford to hire a court reporter. He also appears to argue that the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause requires that he be allowed to depose these witnesses. As the Court informed Plaintiff in the scheduling order, if Plaintiff wants to take a deposition he must “specifically…