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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN MELENDEZ, et al., Case No. 1:20-cv-01393-ADA-CDB (PC)

Plaintiffs, ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

v. (Doc. 76) RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Modification of the Scheduling Order. (Doc. 76). Defendants filed an Opposition on August 7, 2023. (Doc. 78). Plaintiffs did not file a Reply and the time to do so has passed. For the reasons set forth below, the Court makes the following rulings. I. Background Plaintiffs filed their original complaint on September 28, 2020. (Doc. 1). Under the operative First Amended Complaint, they raise civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1988(b)(c), as well as a claim for common law negligence. (Doc. 15 p. 1). During the relevant time, Plaintiffs were inmates at Avenal State Prison and part of a security threat group (“STG”) known as the “Bulldogs.” (Id. at 4) Plaintiffs allege that on…