Puckett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 JEREMY PHILLIP PUCKETT, No. 2:22-cv-0350 KJM DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., Defendants. 17 Pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1) this matter came before the undersigned on February 23, 2024, for hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel. (ECF No. 85.) Attorneys Hilary Soloff and Ryan Snyder appeared on behalf of plaintiff, who was also present. Attorney John Whitefleet appeared on behalf of defendants. After hearing oral argument, plaintiff’s motion was taken under submission. In 2001, plaintiff was prosecuted and convicted of robbery and murder. (ECF No. 36 at 2.) Almost 19 years later, plaintiff’s conviction was vacated. (Id.) A year later plaintiff was found factually innocent. (Id.) This action alleges defendants violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights by withholding or ignoring exonerating evidence. (Id.) Plaintiff’s motion seeks to compel responses to plaintiff’s interrogatories. …