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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

MARCUS R. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KELLY HARRINGTON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:12-cv-00226 LJO DLB PC

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO COMPEL AND DIRECTING 

DEFENDANTS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED

[ECF No. 65]

Plaintiff Marcus R. Williams is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 

civil rights action. 

On January 20, 2015, the Court issued an order granting Plaintiff’s motions to compel 

and ordering Defendants to respond within thirty days to Plaintiff’s first set of discovery requests 

which were served on March 19, 2014. On March 6, 2015, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to 

compel. Defendants did not file an opposition. The motion to compel is deemed submitted 

pursuant to Local Rule 230(l).

Plaintiff states that Defendants have failed to respond to his first set of discovery requests 

as ordered by the Court. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(A), the failure to comply with an 

order to provide or permit discovery may be cause for appropriate sanctions. It appearing that 

Defendants have failed to abide by the Court’s order of January 20, 2015, compelling Defendants 

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to respond to Plaintiff’s first set of discovery requests served on March 19, 2014, Defendants are 

hereby ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE why appropriate sanctions should not be imposed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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