Palagummi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANCOIS GIVENS, No. 2:19-cv-0017 DAD KJN P Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ORDER

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff’s multiple motions to compel discovery are fully briefed. As set forth below, the motions are granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiff’s Allegations This action proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint (ECF No. 28) against defendants S. Palagummi, a retired physician; R. Chapnick, chief medical executive at Deuel Vocational Institution; and C. Conklin, a staff services manager II in regulations at California Correctional Health Care Services (ECF No. 46 at 2). Plaintiff raises Eighth Amendment medical deliberate indifference claims and related failure to protect claims; First Amendment retaliation claims, and various state law claims. //// Motions to Compel Discovery A. Standards…