Clendenin

I. INTRODUCTION

25 On September 13, 2023, the Court issued its Discovery and Scheduling Order (Doc. 28). 26 On December 29 2023, Plaintiff filed a “Request For Leave to Propound Additional 27 Interrogatories.” (Doc. 40.) Defendants filed an opposition on January 16, 2024. (Doc. 41.) 1 Additional Interrogatories.” (Doc. 51.) The Court finds a response by Defendants to be 2 unnecessary. 3 II. DISCUSSION 4 Plaintiff’s Requests 5 In his December 29, 2023 motion, Plaintiff seeks leave to “propound 200 additional 6 interrogatories on Defendant Clendenin and Defendant Price.” (Doc. 40 at 1.) Plaintiff states he 7 sent defense counsel a meet and confer letter “requesting an additional 50 interrogatories for each 8 Defendant,” but did not hear back. (Id. at 2, 5 [copy of letter].) Plaintiff states he is unable to pay 9 the required fees to depose the Defendants, making interrogatories his only avenue to obtain 10 evidence. (Id.) Plaintiff alleges dozens of interrogatories are required for numerous issues 11 including “SOTP treatment and patient’s property.” (Id. at 3.) He provides an estimate for the 12 number of interrogatories he anticipates are…