CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD GLASS, No. 2:20-cv-1123 KJM CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CDCR, et al., Defendants. 16 On March 28, 2023, the court issued a scheduling and discovery order. The court indicated that discovery would close July 28, 2023, and any request for discovery had to be filed no later than 60 days prior to close. ECF No. 40 at 6. On January 24, 2024, plaintiff filed a motion asking that discovery be re-opened. Because plaintiff did not adequately explain why he did not seek an extension of time to conduct discovery before the deadline passed, his request was denied. On January 29, 2024, plaintiff filed a second motion to reopen discovery. In this attempt, plaintiff suggests, among other things, that a prison transfer and the lack of access to plaintiff’s copy of the court’s scheduling order excuse his failure to seek an extension of the discovery deadline before it expired. Plaintiff admits he received…