Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAM DRAKE, Case No. 1:17-cv-01500-ADA-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF AN EXPERT

v. WITNESS AND LEAVE TO TAKE

DISCOVERY, AND GRANTING

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., PLAINTIFF THIRTY DAYS TO FILE AN

OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS

Defendants. (ECF No. 136) 15 Plaintiff Sam Drake is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of an expert witness and leave to take discovery, filed May 11, 2023. I. LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Evidence 706 provides that “the court may order the parties to show cause why expert witnesses should not be appointed and may ask the parties to submit nominations. The court may appoint any expert that the parties agree on and any of its own choosing.” Fed. R. Evid. 706(a). However,…