Puckett

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 JEREMY PHILLIP PUCKETT, No. 2:22-cv-0350 KJM DB 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER 15 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1) this matter came before the undersigned on February 23, 19 2024, for hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel. (ECF No. 85.) Attorneys Hilary Soloff and 20 Ryan Snyder appeared on behalf of plaintiff, who was also present. Attorney John Whitefleet 21 appeared on behalf of defendants. After hearing oral argument, plaintiff’s motion was taken 22 under submission. 23 In 2001, plaintiff was prosecuted and convicted of robbery and murder. (ECF No. 36 at 24 2.) Almost 19 years later, plaintiff’s conviction was vacated. (Id.) A year later plaintiff was 25 found factually innocent. (Id.) This action alleges defendants violated plaintiff’s constitutional 26 rights by withholding or ignoring exonerating evidence. (Id.) Plaintiff’s motion seeks to compel 27 responses to plaintiff’s interrogatories. …