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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

Plaintiff Kevin Darnell Bryant (“Plaintiff”) is state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. All parties have consented to 

magistrate judge jurisdiction. (ECF Nos. 7, 231.) This action currently proceeds on Plaintiff’s claims 

against Defendant Romero for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs in violation of the 

Eighth Amendment, and against Defendants Gallagher and Romero for conspiracy, retaliation in 

violation of the First Amendment, and failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

I. Motion to Compel

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s July 11, 2016 motion to compel Defendants to disclose 

the full name and address of Sandy Markman, RN, and Dr. Sandra Schaefer, so that he may subpoena 

them as witnesses. (ECF No. 243.) Plaintiff asserts that these witnesses treated him after the incident 

which is the topic of this litigation. On July 29, 2016, Defendants filed an opposition to the motion. 

(ECF No. 250.) The parties’ arguments were also heard on this matter on August 3, 2015.

KEVIN DARNELL BRYANT,

 Plaintiff,

v.

GALLAGHER, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:11-cv-00446-BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

SUPPLEMENTAL MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL 

ORDER COMPELLING DEFENDANTS TO 

DISCLOSE FULL NAME AND CURRENT 

LOCATION OF RN SANDY MARKMAN AND 

DR. SANDRA SCHAEFER

(ECF No. 243)

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II. Discussion

First, this matter is moot regarding Nurse Markman. Plaintiff’s own submissions show that 

defense counsel has already disclosed Nurse Markman’s most recent contact information. (ECF No. 

247, p. 5.) Nurse Markman is also named as a defense witness in their pretrial statement. Thus, Nurse 

Markman will be present at trial and available for Plaintiff to call, and no subpoena will be necessary. 

Regarding Dr. Schaefer, Defendants argue that Plaintiff did not request this information during 

discovery, and thus this is essentially a motion to reopen discovery on this matter, for which he has not 

shown good cause.

At the hearing on this matter, Plaintiff withdrew his motion to compel the information 

regarding Dr. Schaefer. For that reason, Plaintiff’s motion is denied. Furthermore, the Court agrees 

with Defendants that Plaintiff has provided no explanation for why he did not seek this information 

while discovery was open, and has not shown good cause for why discovery should be re-opened at 

this time. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). Plaintiff’s reliance on the fact that he was granted some relief on a

prior motion to compel regarding witness information is unavailing. In the Court’s June 24, 2016 order 

granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff’s motion to compel such information for other witnesses, 

the Court found that Plaintiff had shown grounds for reconsideration of its prior rulings. This included 

a showing that Plaintiff had sought the information during discovery, had previously filed a motion to 

compel, and had shown that Defendants waived their objections. None of this is true with regards to 

the information Plaintiff seeks to now compel regarding Dr. Schaefer. 

III. Conclusion and Order

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s supplemental motion for an additional 

order compelling Defendants to disclose the full name and current location of RN Sandy Markman 

and Dr. Sandra Schaefer (ECF No. 243) is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 4, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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