Catlin

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 2:23-cv-00210-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

COMPEL, MOTION FOR COUNSEL, AND

14 DAVID CATLIN, et al., MOTION TO REOPEN DISCOVERY 15 Defendants. ECF Nos. 31, 37, & 38 16 17 18 19 20 21 Plaintiff brings this action alleging that the named defendants violated his Eighth 22 Amendment rights by using excessive force against him and by failing to provide adequate 23 medical care after the use of force incident. He also alleges that defendants Kendall and Catlin 24 violated his Equal Protection rights. Now pending are his motion to compel,1 ECF No. 31, 25 motion for counsel, ECF No. 37, and motion to reopen discovery, ECF No. 38. These motions 26 will be denied. 27 1 This motion initially sought sanctions as well, but plaintiff agreed to withdraw that 28 request in a separate filing. ECF No. 36. 1 Motion to Compel 2 Plaintiff has moved to compel…