Carter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL NEAL MILLER, No. 2:21-cv-01981-KJM-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER RUBY CARTER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has filed motions to compel further responses to two requests for admission (RFA) and three interrogatories. ECF Nos. 27, 28. I. Background This case proceeds on plaintiff’s complaint (ECF No. 1), which the court found to state potentially cognizable claims against defendants Carter, Filenko, and Nelson. ECF No. 6. Plaintiff alleges that defendants, nurses at Mule Creek State Prison, deprived him of necessary medication in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. ECF No. 1 at 3-13. Defendants provide the following history of the parties’ relevant discovery interactions:

On or about May 14, 2022, Plaintiff served on Defendants 574 discovery requests consisting of 457 requests for admission, 45…