(PC) Feathers v. Houston

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK SHAWN FEATHERS, No. 2:20-CV-2208-DJC-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER HOUSTON, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery responses, ECF No. 35, and Defendant’s opposition thereto, ECF No. 36. Plaintiff did not file a reply. 20 I. BACKGROUND This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendant Houston only. See ECF Nos. 14 (first amended complaint) and 15 (service order). Plaintiff alleges that, during the relevant times, he was an inmate at the California Medical Facility (CMF) and that Defendant Houston was employed as a Correctional Officer assigned to Unit J-2 at CMF. See ECF No. 14, pg. 2. According to Plaintiff, on December 27, 2019, he returned from his work assignment and arrived at the dayroom at 1:25 p.m. …