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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 

SHAVOUGUE A. MASON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M. L. MARTINEZ, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-01041 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. On April 22, 2015,1 he filed a motion to compel discovery. ECF No. 29. 

Although the deadline for discovery motions was April 10, 2015 (ECF No. 19), the court will 

consider plaintiff’s motion timely and require the defendants to respond. 

 Accordingly IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery (ECF No. 29) is deemed timely filed. 

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 Plaintiff’s filing date was determined using the prison mailbox rule. See Houston v. Lack, 487 

U.S. 266 (1988). 

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2. Defendants shall have twenty-one days from the date of this order to respond to 

plaintiff’s motion to compel. 

DATED: April 29, 2015 

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