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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

GRADY HARRIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFF MACOMBER et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-0830 DB P

ORDER

On January 29, 2018, plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time to respond to 

defendants’ interrogatory questions and answers. (ECF No. 32). In its order issued February 7, 

2018 (ECF No. 33), the court read the motion as requesting changes in the scheduling order

discovery cut-off dates. As a result, the discovery and pre-trial motion dates in this matter were 

each moved forward eight weeks. (See id. at 2).

On February 12, 2018, defendants filed a request for clarification of the court’s order. 

(ECF No. 35). In it, defendants inquire whether in light of the order, plaintiff’s responses to their 

discovery requests are still due on March 16, 2018. (See id.). Therein, defendants also aver that 

they are neither opposed to a grant of an extension of time to plaintiff to respond to discovery, nor 

are they opposed to the recent modification of the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines. 

(See id. at 2.).

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To clarify: plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to respond to defendants’ discovery 

requests (see ECF No. 32) is granted. Per that request, plaintiff’s deadline for responding to said 

discovery shall be extended to March 16, 2018. In addition, the extended cut-off dates ordered 

for discovery and pre-trial motion matters as re-scheduled in the court’s February 7, 2018 order 

(ECF No. 33) are to remain on calendar. This will permit both parties a longer period during

which to file motions to compel if need be. However, in light of the court’s grant of a significant 

amount of additional time to conduct discovery and prepare for trial, the parties are advised to 

make the best use of it. Future requests for extensions of time during this period are not

encouraged absent exigent circumstances.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The court’s February 7, 2018 order (ECF No 33) is amended to include a grant to 

plaintiff of an extension of time until March 16, 2018 for plaintiff to respond to defendants’ 

discovery requests, and

2. All amended discovery dates and deadlines in the court’s February 7, 2018 order (ECF 

No. 33) are to remain on calendar.

All other directives in the court’s original November 27, 2017 discovery and scheduling 

order (ECF No. 26) are to remain in full force and effect.

Dated: February 14, 2018

DLB:13

DB/ORDERS/ORDERS/PRISONER.CIVIL RIGHTS/harr0830.36.dso.eot.clar

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