Gaponyuk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Sergey Gaponyuk, No. 2:23-cev-01317-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Evgeny Alferov, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Sergey Gaponyuk once again requests further leave from this court to extend the 18 deadline set for early discovery. See Mot., ECF No. 22. A plaintiff may request permission to 19 begin discovery before the parties have conferred as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26. See Semitool, Inc. v. Tokyo Electron Am., Inc., 208 F.R.D. 273, 276 (N.D. Cal. 2002). A court may grant early discovery to ascertain the identity of a Doe defendant under this rule. 22 Jacobo v. Doe, No. 22-00672, 2022 WL 2079766, at *2 (E.D. Cal. June 9, 2022). This court has 23 previously granted plaintiffs request to permit additional early discovery. See Prior Order at □□□ 24 (Sept. 17, 2023), ECF No. 17. Having carefully reviewed plaintiff's motion, see generally Mot., the court…