Samuels

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ROBERT EARL SAMUELS, Case No.: 20cv1051-MDD-KSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION

M. LIZARRAGA,

Defendant. 14 [ECF No. 25]

16 Robert Earl Samuels (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se in 17 this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed a motion for 18 reconsideration of the Court’s February 10, 2021 Order denying Plaintiff’s 19 motion to continue the discovery completion deadline. (ECF No. 15). 20 Plaintiff asked for additional time due to Defendant M. Lizarraga’s objections 21 and claims of privilege in response to Plaintiff’s discovery requests. (ECF No. 22 19). Plaintiff concluded that “[a]ll of this is complicated by Covid-19 and the

24 1 Plaintiff brought the motion as an objection to a Magistrate Judge’s Order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72. (ECF No. 25). However, Rule 72 does not apply to a Magistrate Judge’s Order when the parties have consented to that Judge’s jurisdiction…