Ware

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PAUL THOMAS, No. 2:22-cv-00177-TLN-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER WARE, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants Ware and Avila have filed a motion to compel further responses to their request for production of documents (“RFPs”), set one (ECF No. 31), which plaintiff opposes (ECF No. 34). For the reasons stated below, defendants’ motion is granted. Before turning to the substance of defendants’ motion, the court quotes from its prior screening order, which identifies the claim at issue:

22 The complaint (ECF No. 1) alleges that in response to plaintiff’s hunger strike, sergeant Ware and correctional officer Avila grabbed plaintiff out of his cell while he was naked, slammed him to the ground, kneed his face, and struck him while he was in restraints on the ground. To state a claim for excessive force, plaintiff must…