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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

DONALD GLASS,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. BEER, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:04-cv-05466-OWW-SMS PC

ORDER STRIKING MOTION FILED BY

NON-PARTY

(Doc. 169)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR THIRTYDAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE

AMENDED MOTION TO COMPEL, AND

EXTENDING DEADLINE TO FILE

OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO MAY 16,

2008

(Doc. 170)

Plaintiff Donald Glass (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on plaintiff’s complaint, filed March

22, 2004, against defendants Beer, Keener, Sloss, Morales, and Dill for violation of the Eighth

Amendment, and against defendants Beer, Keener, Sloss, Morales, Dill, Butts, Adkison, Gonzales,

Castillo, Buckley, Streeter, Marshall, and Lloren for retaliation.

On December 17, 2007, Richard M. Sansone filed a motion seeking the Court’s assistance

in securing the return of plaintiff’s legal property. (Doc. 169.) Plaintiff did not sign the motion. Mr.

Sansone is not plaintiff’s attorney for this case and may not file a motion on plaintiff’s behalf.

Therefore, the motion shall be stricken from the record.

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On January 16, 2008, plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time to file an amended

motion to compel. (Doc. 170.) The subject of the motion to compel is the reformatted discovery

requests filed with the Court on November 29, 2007. (Doc. 168.) Plaintiff was granted permission

to reformat and reserve those discovery requests in an order filed on November 16, 2006. (Doc.

124.)

Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time shall be granted. The amended motion to compel

is limited to: POD, Set One, Numbers 1, 8, and 9; POD, Set Two, Numbers 1 and 4; and POD, Set

Three, Number 1. Plaintiff is warned the motion to compel must be made in good faith. Plaintiff

was given permission to reformat and re-serve these discovery requests. Plaintiff was not given

permission to substitute new and different discovery requests for the deficient ones. Although

plaintiff was not required to file a copy of his discovery requests with the Court, he did so and the

Court notes that in several instances, the reformatted request is clearly directed at obtaining

documents different than those requested in the original request. (Doc. 168, PODs 9, 4.) The

plaintiff will be subject to sanctions if he attempts to compel responses in contravention of this

Court’s orders.

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The motion seeking the Court’s assistance in securing the return of plaintiff’s legal

property, filed by non-party Richard Sansone on December 17, 2007, is HEREBY

STRICKEN;

2. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to file an amended motion to compel is

GRANTED;

3. Plaintiff has thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order within which to

file the amended motion to compel, limited to POD, Set One, Numbers 1, 8, and 9;

POD, Set Two, Numbers 1 and 4; and POD, Set Three, Number 1; 

4. The deadline for plaintiff to file his opposition to defendants’ motion for summary

judgment is extended from March 24, 2008, to May 16, 2008; and

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5. Any attempt to act in contravention of the Court’s orders governing this remaining

discovery dispute will result in the imposition of sanctions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2008 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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