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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON DRISKELL,

Plaintiff, No. 2:16-cv-1602-MCE-CMK P

vs.

MATOLON, ORDER

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a request to engage in discovery (Doc. 7). However,

service of his complaint has not been authorized and no answer in response thereto has been

filed. This case is therefore not at issue, and the time to engage in discovery has not yet

commenced. Plaintiff’s request is premature and is denied as such. When and if this case

proceeds beyond screening, and an answer to the complaint is filed, discovery will commence in

the normal course of this action.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for discovery

(Doc. 7) is denied as premature.

DATED: March 27, 2017

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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