Allison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 9 REUBEN JOSEPH REYES, Case No. 1:22-cv-01467-JLT-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO EXCHANGE DOCUMENTS AND TO

MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER

v.

J. LOPEZ, et al., (ECF Nos. 43, 44)

15 Defendants.

17 Before the Court are two motions by the Defendants, seeking to postpone production of 18 documents and discovery responses purportedly because of delays in obtaining documents from Pleasant Valley State Prison.1 For the reasons stated below, the Court will deny both motions without prejudice. I. BACKGROUND Reuben Joseph Reyes is a state prisoner at Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

1In both of their declarations in support of both motion, counsel refers to Plaintiff as a former inmate of PVSP: “the Litigation Coordinator is tasked with handling any litigation related requests by former inmates, such as Plaintiff, who were previously housed at Pleasant Valley…