Shute

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARCELL JONES, No. 2:22-cv-1384 DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MICHELLE SHUTE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. 18 §1983. Plaintiff alleges defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in 19 violation of the Eighth Amendment when they failed to provide timely treatment for his back 20 condition. Before the court are defendants’ second motion to compel and motion for sanctions. 21 For the reasons set forth below, this court grants in part defendants’ motion to compel and grants 22 in part defendants’ motion for sanctions. 23 BACKGROUND 24 This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed here on October 6, 25 2022, against defendants Dr. Michelle Shute, plaintiff’s primary care physician, and Traci 26 Patterson, CCHP Chief Executive Officer. (ECF No. 10.) On screening, this court found…