Winston

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MYRISS WINSTON,

Case No. 20-cv-06470-DMR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER ADDRESSING PLAINTIFF’S v. PENDING MOTIONS 9 CONNIE GIPSON, et al., 10 Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Before the court are motions filed by Plaintiff including: (1) his motion to compel discovery and impose sanctions (dkt. 24); and (2) his motion for appointment of counsel (dkt. 25). The court addresses each motion below. DISCUSSION I. MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY AND TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS Plaintiff filed a motion to compel discovery and to impose sanctions, in which he states that he “served requests for interrogatories, admission and production of documents pursuant to Rule 34, Fed. R. Civ. P. as set forth in [his] declaration, [and] defendants failed to answer.” Dkt. 24-1 at 1. Defendants oppose plaintiff’s motion because they claim that they “have provided meaningful and substantive…