O'Brien

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 KORY T. O’BRIEN, Case No.: 19-cv-01957-JLS (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER:

v. (1) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SAJIB SAHA, et al.,

MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

Defendants. A MEDICAL EXPERT [ECF No. 16];

18 (2) GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER [ECF No. 20 20]; AND 21 (3) GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE

UNDER RULE 56 [ECF No. 22] 24 Before the Court is a motion for appointment of a medical expert filed by Plaintiff Kory T. O’Brien (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, in which Plaintiff seeks the appointment of a medical expert to opine on the issue of “whether Plaintiff’s chronic disease was and is accompanied by substantial pain.” (ECF No. 16.) Also before the Court are Plaintiff’s motions to modify the scheduling order and for a continuance. (ECF Nos. 20, 22.) For the reasons set forth below, the…