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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

DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

BARAONA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01448-ADA-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO MODIFY DISCOVERY AND 

SCHEDULING ORDER

(ECF No. 66)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

SERVE PLAINTIFF AT CURRENT 

ADDRESS OF RECORD AND SALINAS 

VALLEY STATE PRISON

Dispositive Motion Deadline (Exhaustion): 

May 25, 2023

Plaintiff Durrell Anthony Puckett (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on 

Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against: (1) Defendants A. Baraona, R. Burnitzki,1 R. Leos, H. 

Hernandez, E. Diaz, and Doe 1 for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment; and 

(3) Defendants A. Ruiz, R. Martinez, E. Ruiz, G. Meier,2 R. Gutierrez, J. Cruz, K. Allison 

(Cronister), and Jane Doe Nurse for failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

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1 Erroneously sued as “Burneszki.”

2 Erroneously sued as “Meiers.”

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Pursuant to the Court’s October 24, 2022 discovery and scheduling order, the deadline for 

filing motions for summary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative remedies is February 

24, 2023. (ECF No. 56.)

Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to modify the discovery and scheduling 

order, filed February 23, 2023. (ECF No. 66.) Defense counsel declares that good cause exists to 

extend the deadline to file an exhaustion motion by ninety days, to May 25, 2023, because 

Plaintiff’s deposition must be rescheduled. Plaintiff was scheduled to be deposed on February 21, 

2023, however on the morning of the deposition defense counsel was contacted by the Litigation 

Coordinator at California State Prison, Sacramento, indicating that Plaintiff’s level of care was 

changing and he was being transferred to another institution. Counsel is not yet aware of where 

Plaintiff will be housed, and is therefore unable to reschedule the deposition. Defense counsel 

must depose Plaintiff before determining whether Plaintiff adequately exhausted administrative 

remedies as to all named Defendants in this case. Because the deposition could not go forward as 

planned, an extension of ninety days is necessary for defense counsel to depose Plaintiff, evaluate 

the testimony, and draft the appropriate motion. (Id.)

Plaintiff has not yet had an opportunity to file a response, but the Court finds a response is 

unnecessary. The motion is deemed submitted. Local Rule 230(l).

Having considered the request, the Court finds good cause to grant the requested 

extension of the exhaustion summary judgment motion deadline. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). The 

Court finds that Plaintiff will not be prejudiced by the extension granted here. No other deadlines 

are extended by this order.

Finally, the Court notes that CDCR’s Inmate Locator website3indicates that Plaintiff is 

currently housed at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, California. Based on this information, 

the Court finds it appropriate to direct the Clerk of the Court to serve this order on Plaintiff’s 

address of record as well as Salinas Valley State Prison.

3 The Court may take judicial notice of public information stored on the CDCR Inmate Locator website. See In re 

Yahoo Mail Litig., 7 F. Supp. 3d 1016, 1024 (N.D. Cal. 2014) (court may take judicial notice of information on 

“publicly accessible websites” not subject to reasonable dispute); Louis v. McCormick & Schmick Restaurant Corp., 

460 F. Supp. 2d. 1153, 1155 n.4 (C.D. Cal. 2006) (court may take judicial notice of state agency records).

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 Plaintiff is advised to update his current mailing address with the Court as soon as 

he is able to do so. Local Rule 182.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. Defendants’ motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order to extend the 

deadline to file an exhaustion motion, (ECF No. 66), is GRANTED;

2. The deadline for filing motions for summary judgment for failure to exhaust 

administrative remedies is extended from February 24, 2023 to May 25, 2023; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve this order on Plaintiff at his current address 

of record and at Salinas Valley State Prison.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 24, 2023 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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