Ingram

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH LEE TAYLOR, No. 2:21-cv-01042 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MARSHA INGRAM, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action seeking relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendant retaliated against him in violation of his First Amendment rights. Presently before the court is defendant’s motion to compel. (ECF No. 30.) For the reasons provided below, the court will direct defendant to file a supplemental brief in support of the motion. BACKGROUND On November 28, 2022, the court issued a discovery and scheduling order that granted the parties until April 3, 2023 to conduct discovery. (ECF No. 25 at 5.) Pursuant to the order, responses to written discovery requests were due not later than forty-five days after the date of service. (Id.) Any motions to compel were to be filed on or…