Mireles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RENE MIRELES, Case No. 20-cv-01248-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF'S v. ATTENDANCE AT DEPOSITION;

DENYING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST

C. KOENING, et al., FOR TERMINATING AND

MONETARY SANCTIONS

Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 28

13 Plaintiff filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that, while he was housed at Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”), CTF correctional officials Koening, Lee, Ortega, and Gomez were deliberately indifferent to his safety, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Dkt. Nos. 1, 6, 8. Defendants have filed a motion seeking terminating sanctions pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(A)(v), or alternatively, a court order compelling Plaintiff’s appearance at deposition when next properly noticed by Defendants. Dkt. No. 28. Defendants also request that the Court order sanctions against Plaintiff in the amount of…