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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 

ERIC RYAN HAYDE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TAMARA TABER, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-1131 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff filed a motion styled as a request for an extension of time to serve further 

discovery requests. ECF No. 29. However, based on the contents of the motion, it appears that 

he is instead seeking an additional thirty days to obtain documents and other information 

necessary to respond to requests served by defendant. Id. 

To the extent plaintiff is in fact seeking an extension of time to serve additional discovery 

requests on defendant, the motion will be denied. Plaintiff has already received one extension of 

time (ECF No. 24) and has not explained why the time he has already been provided was not 

sufficient. The request will be granted to the extent he is seeking an extension of time to respond 

to defendant’s discovery requests. Although plaintiff does not identify when his responses are 

due, he states that he received the requests on March 19, 2024. ECF No. 29 at 3. Assuming the 

requests were served on March 14, 2024—the deadline for serving written discovery requests— 

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plaintiff’s responses are currently due May 2, 2024.1 Because extending the deadline by thirty 

days will make plaintiff’s responses due after the deadline for filing motions to compel, the 

deadline for filing motions to compel will also be extended. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time (ECF No. 29) is GRANTED to the extent 

that plaintiff shall have until June 3, 2024, to respond to defendant’s discovery requests. The 

motion is otherwise DENIED. 

 2. The May 13, 2024 deadline for filing motions to compel is extended to June 24, 2024. 

DATED: April 17, 2024 

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 The discovery and scheduling order provided that responses to discovery requests are due fortyfive days after service. ECF No. 20 at 5. The court presumes that plaintiff was served by mail 

and is therefore entitled to an additional three days to serve his responses. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

6(d) (where service is by mail, “3 days are added after the period would otherwise expire under 

Rule 6(a)”). 

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