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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN THOMAS MATHEIS, Case No.: 3:20-cv-2100-GPC-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER:

v. (1) RECOMMENDING THE COURT C. GODINEZ, et al.,

DENY DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

Defendants. FOR EVIDENTIARY SANCTIONS (ECF No. 68); 16 (2) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO APPOINT NEUTRAL

18 EXPERTS (ECF No. 84); and 19 (3) DENYING AS MOOT

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES (ECF No. 110)

27 28 This matter comes before the Court on (1) Defendants’ Motion for Evidentiary Sanctions (“Rule 37 Motion”) (ECF No. 68); (2) Plaintiff’s Motion for Appointment of Neutral Experts to Conduct I.M.E.s Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 706(a) (“Rule 706 Motion”) (ECF No. 84); and (3) Plaintiff’s Request to Extend the Deadline for Naming Expert Witnesses (ECF No. 110) (“Motion to Extend”). In the Rule 37 Motion, Defendants seek preclusionary evidentiary sanctions…