Pfieffer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ADAM JAY STONE, No. 1:21-cv-01461-KES-SAB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SANCTIONS

13 v. (ECF Nos. 147, 151, 152) 14 C. PFEIFFER, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Adam Jay Stone is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions, filed March 11, 2024. (ECF 20 No. 147.) 21 I. 22 RELEVANT BACKGROUND 23 This action is proceeding Plaintiff’s excessive force claim against Defendants B. 24 Gonzales, G. Morales, K. Gonzales, and Anderson in violation of the Eighth Amendment. 25 Defendants filed an answer to the complaint on October 19, 2022. (ECF No. 48.) 26 On November 22, 2022, the Court issued the discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 27 59.) 28 On June 2, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel discovery. (ECF No. 90.) 1 On June 5, 2023, Defendant…