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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 

Timothy Bryan Brooks,

Plaintiff, No. Civ. S 02-2166 MCE PAN P

vs. Order

California Department of

Corrections, et al.,

Defendants.

-oOoPlaintiff seeks an order prohibiting defendants from

conducting discovery upon the ground they refuse to meet and

confer pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). Defendants filed no

opposition.

Ordinarily, before the court makes a schedule, the parties

must meet and confer to consider the claims and defenses and

discovery related thereto. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). But this

provision does not apply where one party is a prisoner without

counsel. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(E)(iii), 26(f). 

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Since defendants need not meet and confer with plaintiff and

defendants may seek leave to take his deposition, plaintiff’s

September 9, 2005, motion is denied.

So ordered.

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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