Clays

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK MCBOUNDS, No. 2:19-cv-2208 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND REVISED SCHEDULING

ORDER

D. CLAYS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. On April 10, 2023, defendants filed a second motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order. Plaintiff again failed to respond to written discovery, and defendants seek to vacate their discovery deadline and to vacate the pretrial motions deadline until after the court rules on defendants’ motion to compel discovery, filed concurrently with the motion to modify. The prior scheduling order was modified to allow plaintiff additional time to respond to written discovery requests, which to date have not been forthcoming. “The district court is given broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase of litigation.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). …