Rattan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARREN HENDERSON, No. 2:22-cv-1218 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RATTAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion to compel (ECF No. 33) which defendant opposes (ECF No. 36). I. Plaintiff’s Allegations The complaint alleges that defendant Rattan violated plaintiff’s rights under the Eighth Amendment when he denied plaintiff’s requests for a diabetic snack order over a period of six months beginning in May 2021 and denied plaintiff’s request to renew the chrono for his orthotic shoes. ECF No. 1 at 3-4. II. Legal Standard for Discovery The scope of discovery under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1) is broad. Discovery may be obtained as to “any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1). “Information within this scope of discovery need not be…