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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 

RONALD DEAN YANDELL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SHERIFF SCOTT JONES, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:21-cv-0469 DAD AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without an attorney, seeks relief pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court are: (1) plaintiff’s motion for an order to produce inmate 

witnesses for trial, ECF No. 72; and (2) defendants’ Toliver, Jones, Luke, and Saika’s motion to 

modify the scheduling order, ECF No. 73. 

 Plaintiff requests that the court order inmate witnesses Patrick Brady, William Sylvester, 

and Jason Corbett to testify at trial. ECF No. 72. Plaintiff’s motion is premature because this 

case has not been set for trial. If appropriate, the court will later issue a scheduling order setting a 

trial, pretrial conference, and deadline to file pretrial statements. See ECF No. 71. At that time, 

plaintiff may request attendance of incarcerated witnesses in his pretrial statement. Id. 

Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for an order to produce inmate witnesses for trial is denied 

without prejudice. 

Defendants Toliver, Jones, Luke and Saika filed a motion to modify the scheduling order. 

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ECF No. 73. Specifically, they seek to continue the discovery cut-off date, discovery motions 

deadline, and the pretrial motions deadline, to allow time to depose plaintiff. Id. Good cause 

appearing, the motion is granted. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s motion for an order to produce inmate witnesses for trial (ECF No. 72) is 

denied without prejudice as premature. 

2. Defendants’ motion to modify the scheduling order (ECF No.73) is granted. 

 3. The prior scheduling order (ECF No. 71) is modified as follows: 

 a. New Discovery Deadline: March 27, 2025; 

 b. New Discovery Motions Deadline: March 27, 2025; and 

 c. New Pre-trial Motions1

 Deadline: June 19, 2025. 

 3. The written discovery deadline, October 28, 2024, has passed and remains closed. 

DATED: January 2, 2025 

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 This includes motions for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. 

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