Lockwood

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COLTON JAMES ROOD, No. 2:19-cv-1806 KJM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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LOCKWOOD, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former county and current state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court are plaintiff’s motion to compel (ECF No. 57) and defendants’ motion for terminating sanctions (ECF No. 62). I. Motion for Terminating Sanctions A. Relevant Background On April 5, 2022, defendants sought to extend the deadlines in this case after plaintiff refused to participate in his deposition because he was on a hunger strike, and counsel thereafter had trouble rescheduling the deposition due to plaintiff’s pending transfer to another prison. ECF No. 50. That motion was granted. ECF No. 51. On June 22, 2022, defendants filed another motion to modify the scheduling order, based on plaintiff’s refusal to…