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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

JACK ALLEN WILSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:01-cv-06538-OWW-LJO PC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

COMPEL AS PREMATURELY FILED AND

MOOT

(Doc. 133)

Plaintiff Jack Allen Wilson (“plaintiff”) is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in

forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 14, 2006,

plaintiff filed a motion to compel, and defendants Terhune, Presley, Galaza, Yee, and Bendon

(“defendants”) filed an opposition on the same date.

Plaintiff served a request for the production of documents on October 25, 2006, and served

the instant motion to compel a response on December 9, 2006. Defendants oppose the motion on

the grounds that they had until December 12, 2006, within which to respond and they served their

responses on December 7, 2006.

Under the court’s scheduling order, parties have forty-five days within which to respond to

discovery requests, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(e) provides an additional three days for

mailing. By the court’s calculation, defendants’ response to plaintiff was due on or before December

13, 2006, given that the forty-fifth day fell on a Sunday. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a). Plaintiff’s motion to

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compel, served on December 9, 2006, was premature. In addition, defendants served plaintiff with

a response on December 7, 2006, rendering the motion moot.

Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to compel, filed December 12, 2006, is HEREBY DENIED

on the grounds that it was prematurely filed and is moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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