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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

LUIS MANUEL GARCES,

Plaintiff,

v.

M.GAMBOA, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-00392-JLT-EPG (PC)

ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF FOR AN 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO SERVE 

INTERROGATORY RESPONSES

(ECF No. 159).

On July 10, 2023, Defendants filed a motion for administrative relief requesting “an 

extension of time to serve interrogatory responses through July 31, 2023.” (ECF No. 159, p. 1). 

Defendants’ motion argues that, based on the declaration of Defendants’ counsel, good cause 

exists to extend the deadline for response. (Id.) The declaration of Defendants’ counsel states as 

follows: 

2. On May 30, 2023, Defendants received interrogatories from Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s 

interrogatories are directed to each of the 15 Defendants. For the exception of 

interrogatories to Defendant Allison, each of the sets of interrogatories exceed the 

maximum permitted by the Court’s Scheduling Order (ECF No. 78). I advised 

Plaintiff of this in a letter sent to him on June 27, 2023. I notified Plaintiff that 

Defendants seek to meet and confer with him regarding the number of 

interrogatories, and suggested that he narrow some of the requests to comply with 

the Scheduling Order’s limit of 15 interrogatories to each party. 

3. I am currently assigned 27 open cases, including state and federal civil rights 

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and personal injury actions, a wrongful death action, and one state appeal. In 

addition to diligently responding to Plaintiff’s motions and discovery requests, and 

filing a motion for summary judgment in the above-captioned case, I am similarly 

diligently defending my other cases since receiving Plaintiff’s interrogatories, 

including producing voluminous discovery responses in my wrongful death action, 

Smith v. Wheat, et al. (E.D. Cal. No. 2:21-cv-01859 MCE CKD, on July 7, 2023. 

Additionally, I drafted and filed Respondents’ Brief in my state appeal, Kilgore v. 

Compton, et al. (Third District Court of Appeal No. C096593), on July 5, 2023. 

4. Additionally, between June 14 and June 20, 2023, I was out of state for a 

previously-planned trip and took several days of vacation leave, though did work 

on several of these days while on my trip. 

5. In light of these recent time demands, in addition to diligently defending my 

other assigned cases, Defendants require additional time to serve responses to 

Plaintiff’s interrogatories.

6. On July 5, 2023, I met and conferred with Plaintiff by videoconference to 

discuss numerous issues relating to discovery. At the beginning of the 22-minute 

call, Plaintiff confirmed that he received the letter sent June 27, 2023. Plaintiff 

indicated that he did not wish to reduce the number of interrogatories, and would 

be filing a motion to obtain leave to propound additional interrogatories. 7. Due to 

the attempt to meet and confer with Plaintiff and the work load of defense counsel, 

Defendants respectfully request an additional 20 days to serve responses to 

Plaintiff’s interrogatories. This is Defendants’ first request to extend time for this 

deadline. If granted, the deadline to serve interrogatory responses would be 

extended until July 31, 2023.

(ECF No. 159, p. 4-5).

Based on the declaration of Defendants’ motion (ECF No. 159), IT IS ORDERED that 

Defendants have leave to serve interrogatory responses on or before July 31, 2023. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 12, 2023 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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