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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

GARRISON S. JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

RODERICK Q. HICKMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:05-cv-01340-LJO-GSA PC

AMENDED DISCOVERY AND

SCHEDULING ORDER

Deadline to Amend Pleadings - 06/06/08 

Discovery Cut-Off Date - 08/06/07 

Dispositive Motion Deadline - 10/06/08 

Defendants Davis, Kellog, Smith, Hart, Bonilla, Amaya, Scribner, Andrews,

Schwarzenegger, Hickman, and Woodford have answered the amended complaint filed on January

26, 2006. Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1, 16, and 26-36, discovery shall proceed

as follows:

1. Discovery requests shall be served by the parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 5 and Local Rule 5-135, and shall only be filed when required by Local Rules 33-250(c),

34-250(c), and 36-250(c);

2. Responses to written discovery requests shall be due forty-five (45) days after the request

is first served;

3. To ensure that the responding party has forty-five (45) days after the request is first served

to respond, discovery requests must be served at least forty-five (45) days before the discovery

deadline; 

4. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a), defendants may depose plaintiff and

any other witness confined in a prison upon condition that, at least fourteen (14) days before such

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 The pre-trial dispositive motion deadline does not apply to the filing of unenumerated Rule 12(b) motions 1

to dismiss for failure to exhaust. Pursuant to the Court’s previous orders, the deadline for filing an unenumerated

Rule 12(b) motion for failure to exhaust was June 4, 2007. (Docs. 69, 73.)

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a deposition, defendants serve all parties with the notice required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

30(b)(1); and

5. If disputes arise about the parties' obligations to respond to requests for discovery, the

parties shall comply with all pertinent rules including Rules 5, 7, 11, 26, and 37 of the Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure and Rules 11-110, 7-130, 7-131, 5-133, 5-135, 6-136, 43-142, and 78-230(m) of

the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California.

Unless otherwise ordered, Local Rule 37-251 shall not apply, and the requirement set forth in Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure 26 and 37 that a party seeking relief from the court certify that he or she

has in good faith conferred or attempted to confer with the other party or person in an effort to

resolve the dispute prior to seeking court action shall not apply. Voluntary compliance with this

provision of Rules 26 and 37 is encouraged, however. A discovery motion that does not comply

with all applicable rules will be stricken and may result in imposition of sanctions.

Further:

6. The deadline for amending the pleadings shall be June 6, 2008;

7. The parties are advised that the deadline for the completion of all discovery, including

filing motions to compel, shall be August 6, 2008; 

8. The deadline for filing pre-trial dispositive motions shall be October 6, 2008;1

9. A request for an extension of a deadline set in this order must be filed on or before

the expiration of the deadline in question; and

10. Extensions of time will only be granted on a showing of good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 28, 2008 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

60kij UNI 8 TED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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