Gibbons
(PC) Womack v. Gibbons
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RODNEY JEROME WOMACK, No. 1:19-cv-00615-KES-SAB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION
REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
13 v. FOR DISCOVERY SANCTIONS 14 W. GIBBONS, et al., (ECF No. 104) 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for discovery sanctions, filed September 20 8, 2023. (ECF No. 104.) 21 I. 22 BACKGROUND 23 This action is proceeding against Defendants W. Gibbons, A. Gomez, E. Smith, and G. 24 O’Brien for excessive force and deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. 25 On June 5, 2020, Defendants Gibbons and Gomez filed an answer to the complaint. (ECF 26 No. 30.) 27 On July 29, 2020, the Court issued the discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 44.) 28 On August 10, 2020, Defendants Smith…