Soto

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 FRANCISCO VEGA, JR., Case No. 1:22-cv-00471-JLT-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, AND

DENYING, IN PART, PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO COMPEL (ECF No. 59)

M. SOTO, et al.,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR Defendants. SANCTIONS WITHOUT PREJUDICE 15 (ECF No. 61)

17 18 Plaintiff Francisco Vega, Jr., is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 19 action. This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation claims against Defendants 20 Soto, Noujaime, and Borba. (ECF No. 15). 21 On September 25, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel answers to certain 22 interrogatories. (ECF No. 59). On October 10, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for sanctions against the Defendants due to them allegedly providing false information in their interrogatories. (ECF No. 61). Defendants filed an opposition to the motion to compel on October 17, 2023, and an opposition to the motion for…