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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW JAMES GRIFFIN, 

Plaintiff,

v.

A. JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-CV-01599-LJO-BAM (PC)

ORDER EXTENDING APPLICATION 

OF DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING 

ORDER TO DEFENDANTS BUSCH, 

GONZALES, JOHNSON, AND 

MUNOZ

Exhaustion Motion Filing Deadline: May 

01, 2016

Deadline to Amend Pleadings: 

August 01, 2016

Discovery Deadline: October 01, 2016

Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: 

December 12, 2016

Plaintiff Matthew James Griffin (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se 

and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action 

proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint for excessive force and for deliberate 

indifference to serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment against 

Defendants Johnson, Gonzales, Valdez, Munoz, Sexton, Ross, Thor, Doe, Kul, Busch, 

Bell, and Smith.

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On February 1, 2016, following the filing of an answer to Plaintiff’s complaint by 

Defendants Bell, Kul, Ross, Sexton, Smith, Thor and Valdez, the Court issued a 

discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 48.) A few days later, on February 5, 2016, 

Defendants Busch, Gonzales, Johnson, and Munoz each filed their own respective 

answers to Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF Nos. 54-57.)

Accordingly, application of the discovery and scheduling order issued on February 

1, 2016, (ECF No. 48), is HEREBY EXTENDED to Defendants Busch, Gonzales, 

Johnson, and Munoz, including the following deadlines: exhaustion motion filing 

deadline of May 01, 2016; deadline to amend pleadings of August 01, 2016; discovery 

deadline of October 01, 2016; and the dispositive motion filing deadline of December 

12, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 8, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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