Uchi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 JOHN FRATUS, Case No. 1:21-cv-01523-JLT-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING v. ORDER 12 UCHI, et al., (ECF No. 76) 13 Defendants. 14 15 John Fratus (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 25, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion to modify the scheduling order. (ECF No. 76). In particular, Plaintiff asks for an extension of the motion to compel deadline and the non- expert discovery cutoff. Plaintiff concedes that the motion to compel deadline ran on December 7, 2022. However, according to Plaintiff, prior to this date, defense counsel and Plaintiff made arrangements and agreed to discuss discovery disputes at Plaintiff’s deposition. But on November 21, 2022, Plaintiff received a notice from defense counsel that Defendants filed a motion to stay non-exhaustion discovery, and so would be postponing their objections and responses to his…