Tabor

Introduction 18 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 19 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for sanctions against 20 defendants, filed September 21, 2023. (ECF No. 45.) Plaintiff moves for sanctions on the 21 grounds that his request for exclusion of correctional officers from his deposition was wrongly 22 denied. (Id.) 23 On October 10, 2023, defendants filed an opposition. (ECF No. 48.) On October 23, 24 2013, plaintiff filed a second motion for sanctions. (ECF No. 50.) On October 26, 2023, 25 defendants filed an opposition to plaintiff’s second motion for sanctions. (ECF No. 53.) 26 Plaintiff’s second sanctions motion addresses arguments raised in defendants’ first 27 opposition. (Id.) Accordingly, the undersigned construes plaintiff’s motion for sanctions filed 28 October 23, 2013 as a reply to defendants’ opposition. Nevertheless, the undersigned herein considers the arguments raised by defendants in both oppositions. For the reasons stated herein, defendants are ordered to file further briefing. Plaintiff’s Arguments In the pending motion, plaintiff…