(PC) Brooks v. Lee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODNEY BROOKS, Case No. 2:18-cv-00374-WBS-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. LEE, et al., Defendants. 16 There are three motions pending involving plaintiff’s discovery responses and the dispositive motion deadline. First, plaintiff has filed his fourth motion to modify the scheduling order. ECF No. 90. Second, defendants have filed a motion seeking leave to file a motion to compel and request that the dispositive motion deadline be vacated. ECF No. 89. Finally, defendants have moved to extend the dispositive motion deadline. ECF No. 96. In light of plaintiff’s repeated failure to provide defendants with discovery responses, I will grant defendants leave to file a motion to compel and will extend the dispositive motion deadline. On July 15, 2022, I issued a discovery and scheduling order that set the deadline for completing discovery, including filing discovery-related motions, as December 16, 2022, and the 26 …