Gibbons
(PC) Womack v. Gibbons
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODNEY JEROME WOMACK, No. 1:19-cv-00615-KES-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION
REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
v. FOR DISCOVERY SANCTIONS W. GIBBONS, et al., (ECF No. 104) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for discovery sanctions, filed September 8, 2023. (ECF No. 104.) I. BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendants W. Gibbons, A. Gomez, E. Smith, and G. O’Brien for excessive force and deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. On June 5, 2020, Defendants Gibbons and Gomez filed an answer to the complaint. (ECF No. 30.) On July 29, 2020, the Court issued the discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 44.) On August 10, 2020, Defendants Smith…