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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STACY PAUL HERNANDEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

WEST SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPT., 

et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-03065 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this action 

filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion to 

extend the discovery deadline, ECF No. 60, as well as his motion to subpoena any and all police 

or arrest reports, ECF No. 51. Defendants have filed an opposition to plaintiff’s motion to 

subpoena the police reports. ECF Nos. 52, 53. The court will address each motion in turn. 

 This court entered a discovery and scheduling order governing this action on October 28, 

2013. ECF No. 38. Plaintiff filed a notice of change of address on the same day. ECF No. 39. A 

review of this court’s docket indicates that plaintiff’s service copy of the discovery and 

scheduling order was not returned to the court. However, plaintiff indicates in his recent filing 

that he never received a copy of this order because he was in transit to the Federal Transfer 

Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. See ECF No. 60 at 1. As a result, plaintiff was not aware 

of any of the deadlines “or schedules he must follow in order to file motions of any kind.” Id. By 

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way of relief, plaintiff requests that the court extend the discovery dates in this case and also 

provide him a copy of any discovery and scheduling order so that he may meet “all timelines set 

by the court.” Id. 

 In light of plaintiff’s lack of awareness of the discovery schedule, he failed to serve a 

request for production of documents on defendants for any and all police reports from his arrest 

prior to the December 16, 2013 cut-off date. See ECF No. 51 (plaintiff’s motion to subpoena 

police reports); ECF No. 38 at 5 (discovery and scheduling order). On January 24, 2014, plaintiff 

filed a motion requesting “the court to order both West Sacramento and Sacramento City Police 

Departments to furnish plaintiff with copies of any and all police or arrest reports related to his 

arrest on January 25, 2011....” ECF No. 51 at 1. Defendants oppose the motion arguing that 

plaintiff’s request is untimely and in violation of the discovery and scheduling order. See ECF 

Nos. 52, 53. They argue that plaintiff has failed to provide a legal or factual basis for extending 

the discovery schedule. Id. To the extent that plaintiff provided a factual basis for his request in 

a subsequent motion, ECF No. 60, the court notes that defendants filed no formal opposition to 

that motion requesting an extension of the discovery deadlines. Therefore, pursuant to Rule 

16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion to extend 

the discovery deadlines in this case based on plaintiff’s diligence in keeping this court informed 

of his changes of address and for good cause shown. ECF Nos. 39, 42. 

The court’s discovery and scheduling order is hereby modified to reflect the following: (1) 

all discovery requests pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 31, 33, 34, or 36 shall be served up to and 

including May 9, 2014; (2) the deadline for the parties to conduct discovery, and to bring any 

necessary motions to compel, is extended up to and including, July 8, 2014; and (3) the 

dispositive motions deadline is extended up to and including October 6, 2014. Pretrial conference 

and trial dates will be set, as appropriate, following adjudication of any dispositive motion, or the 

expiration of time for filing such a motion. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s motion to extend the discovery dates (ECF No. 60) is granted as 

indicated herein; 

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 2. Plaintiff’s motion to subpoena all police or arrest reports (ECF No. 51) is granted, 

in part, to the extent that plaintiff may request this information in discovery from defendants, and 

denied in part, to the extent that plaintiff is seeking a subpoena duces tecum from the court in 

order to obtain such information. 

DATED: March 20, 2014 

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