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 On March 1, 2024, plaintiff filed a motion to compel. (ECF No. 97.) On March 22, 2024, 19 the parties filed a Joint Statement re: Discovery Disagreement. (ECF No. 126.) Pursuant to 20 Local Rule 302(c)(1) this matter came before the undersigned on April 5, 2024, for hearing of 21 plaintiff’s motion to compel. (ECF No. 151.) Attorney Ryan Snyder appeared on behalf of 22 plaintiff, who was also present. Attorney John Whitefleet appeared on behalf of defendants. 23 After hearing oral argument, plaintiff’s motion was taken under submission. 24 I. Background 25 “A complaint guides the parties’ discovery[.]” Coleman v. Quaker Oats Co., 232 F.3d 26 1271, 1292 (9th Cir. 2000). As explained by the assigned District Judge, the complaint alleges 27 that plaintiff was incarcerated based on convictions for robbery and murder for…