CDCR
(PC) Marta v. CDCR
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
20 Jason Marta (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with 21 this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities 22 Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (1994). This case now proceeds against sole defendant CDCR 23 (“Defendant”) for violation of the ADA. 24 On March 30, 2022, the court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order establishing 25 pretrial deadlines for the parties, including a discovery deadline of August 30, 2022, and a 26 dispositive motions filing deadline of October 30, 2022. (ECF No. 23.) On August 30, 2022, 27 Defendant filed an ex parte application to modify the Scheduling Order and extend the deadlines 28 for discovery and for the filing of dispositive motions. (ECF No. 25.) On August 31, 2022, the Court granted Defendant’s application and extended the discovery deadline to October 29, 2022 and the dispositive motions filing deadline to December 29, 2022. (ECF No. 26.) On December 29, 2022, Defendant filed an ex parte application to extend the dispositive motions filing deadline to March 14, 2023. (ECF No. 29.) On January 6, 2023, the Court granted…