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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

FLORENCIO VALLEJO,

Plaintiff,

v.

KATHLEEN ALLISON, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:10-cv-02352-AWI-SKO (PC)

ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANT TO 

CLARIFY RE DEPOSITION VIA 

VIDEOCONFERENCE AND SHORTENING 

TIME TO RESPOND TO MOTION FOR 

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

(Docs. 40 and 41)

Deadline: 05/15/2014

Plaintiff Florencio Vallejo (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on December 17, 2010. This 

action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s amended complaint, filed on January 3, 2012, against 

Defendant Gray (“Defendant”) for acting with deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s medical needs, 

in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

On May 9, 2014, Defendant filed a motion seeking leave to depose Plaintiff via 

videoconference. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(4). However, the discovery deadline does not expire until 

December 20, 2014; the Court was requested to schedule a settlement conference in this matter; 

the settlement conference is scheduled for June 13, 2014; and Plaintiff is seeking the appointment 

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of counsel given his limited education, inability to speak English, and reliance on a jailhouse 

lawyer to draft his filings.

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 Given these circumstances, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. On or before May 15, 2014, Defendant shall notify the Court whether he intends to 

depose Plaintiff before the settlement conference scheduled on June 13, 2014; and

2. On or before May 15, 2014, Defendant shall file an opposition or a statement of 

non-opposition to Plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 12, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

1 The Pro Bono Program Director was informed that Defendant will provide a Spanish interpreter for the settlement 

conference.

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