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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAUL ENRIQUE RAMIREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

B. FLEMING, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-1937 KJM CKD P

ORDER

On October 3, 2016, plaintiff filed a motion seeking “sanctions” against defendants under 

Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure based upon allegations by plaintiff that 

defendants failed to provide certain documents and other information in discovery.

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 One of plaintiff’s allegations is defendants failed to provide the “initial” disclosures required 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1). However, since plaintiff is proceeding without 

an attorney and is in the custody of a state of the United States, the parties are exempt from the 

“initial disclosure” provisions found in Rule 26(a)(1). Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(B)(iv).

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this is plaintiff’s second motion to compel filed after the close of discovery on June 9, 2016.

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ECF No. 45 & 49. As with the first motion, the second (ECF No. 61) is untimely and is denied. 

Dated: October 13, 2016

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 The first motion was filed August 1, 2016 and denied August 3, 2016. 

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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