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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 HERSHEL W. CASTO, Case No. 2:19-cv-02209-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff filed a motion seeking: a ninety-day extension of time to file an opposition to defendants’ motion for summary judgment, sanctions against defense counsel for intervening with his legal mail, reopening of discovery, and the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 57. Plaintiff argues that he needs additional time to respond to defendants’ motion for summary judgment for two reasons: first, one of the envelopes that defendants sent him with their motion was returned to them by his place of incarceration because it contained metal clips in violation of prison regulations, and, second, because he needs additional time to conduct discovery. Id. at 2- 5. Plaintiff wants discovery reopened so that he can obtain information from CDCR employees 24 1 Defendants acknowledge that plaintiff did not receive one of the six envelopes that they…