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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

NATHANIEL MARCUS GANN,

Plaintiff,

v.

UGWUEZE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01350-NONE-JLT (PC) 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO MODIFY DISCOVERY AND

SCHEDULING ORDER OR, IN THE 

ALTERNATIVE, MOTION TO COMPEL

(Doc. 39)

Plaintiff moves to modify the Court’s discovery and scheduling order to extend the 

discovery deadline. (Doc. 39.) The deadline was August 5, 2021. (Doc. 36 at 3.) Plaintiff states 

that he has served discovery requests upon Defendants, but they have not yet responded. (Doc. 39 

at 1.) Plaintiff requests that, if the Court denies his motion to extend the discovery deadline, that it 

compel the Defendants to respond to his discovery requests. (Id. at 2.)

Plaintiff does not provide the date(s) on which he served the subject discovery requests on 

Defendants. Consequently, the Court is unable to determine whether Defendants responded to the 

requests within 45 days of service, as required by the Discovery and Scheduling Order (Doc. 36 

at 2). In addition, Plaintiff did not file his request for an extension of the discovery deadline at 

least two weeks before it expired, as required by the Discovery and Scheduling Order. (Id. at 3.)

Accordingly, the Court DENIES without prejudice Plaintiff’s motion to modify the 

Discovery and Scheduling Order or, in the alternative, to compel Defendants to respond his 

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discovery requests.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 31, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

 CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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