Tappan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RUDIE ANTHONY JARAMILLO, No. 2:22-cv-00075-WBS-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER T. TAPPAN, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court are plaintiff’s motions to compel, for sanctions, and for appointment of counsel (ECF Nos. 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45), and defendant’s motion to modify the schedule (ECF No. 44). I. Background The case proceeds on plaintiff’s complaint (ECF No. 1), which the court found to state a potentially cognizable Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against defendant Tappan. ECF No. 8. Plaintiff served discovery requests, including requests for production of documents (RFPs), on defendant on June 27, 2022. On August 15, 2022, the court granted defendant’s request for an extension of time to respond to the discovery requests, giving him until September 9, 2022. ECF No. 34. …