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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 

RODNEY DIAL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SCOTT HEATLEY, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-2569 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed March 13, 2015, the court identified 

plaintiff’s new place of incarceration, updated his address of record, and extended time, until 

April 3, 2015, for plaintiff to file an opposition to the motion for summary judgment filed by 

defendant Casey on February 12, 2015. This action also proceeds against four additional 

defendants who, as of the date of this order, have not filed a dispositive motion. 

 Plaintiff has filed two motions, requesting: (1) that the court direct the Warden of 

California State Prison Corcoran to forward plaintiff’s legal property to his current place of 

incarceration, the California Health Care Facility in Stockton; and (2) an extension of the 

discovery deadline so that plaintiff can respond to defendants’ outstanding discovery requests. 

 The court notes that the discovery deadline expired in this action on January 20, 2015; the 

March 31, 2015 deadline to which plaintiff refers is the dispositive motion deadline. Nonetheless, 

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it is clear that plaintiff needs additional time to respond to defendants’ outstanding discovery 

requests and the pending motion for summary judgment. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s motions filed March 23, 2012, ECF Nos. 60 and 61, are granted, as set forth 

herein. 

 2. The Warden of California State Prison Corcoran is requested to direct staff, within a 

week after the filing date of this order, to consolidate all of plaintiff’s legal property that may be 

remaining at that institution, and send it to plaintiff at his current place of incarceration, the 

California Health Care Facility in Stockton. 

 3. The discovery deadline in this action, which expired on January 20, 2015, is extended 

for the limited purpose of according plaintiff additional time to complete and serve his responses 

to defendants’ outstanding discovery requests; plaintiff shall serve all outstanding discovery 

responses on or before May 1, 2015. 

 4. Plaintiff shall file and serve his opposition to defendant Casey’s motion for summary 

judgment on or before May 1, 2015; defendant Casey may file a reply within fourteen days after 

the filing date of plaintiff’s opposition. 

 5. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this order to the Warden at California 

State Prison Corcoran. 

DATED: March 30, 2015 

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