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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDRE CRAVER,

Plaintiff, No. 2: 11-cv-1344 MCE KJN P

vs.

J. HASTY, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s March 4, 2012 motion for

sanctions. For the following reasons, plaintiff’s motion is denied.

Plaintiff alleges that defendants failed to respond to discovery requests he served

on them before they filed their motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

12(b) on September 23, 2011. In their opposition, filed March 15, 2012, defendants state that on

October 11, 2011 the parties filed a joint stipulation staying discovery until the court ruled on the

motion to dismiss. (Dkt. No. 24.) Defendants state that on February 28, 2012, the court denied

defendants’ motion to dismiss. Consequently, defendants calendared their response to plaintiff’s

discovery requests for March 29, 2012. 

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Based on the joint stipulation, defendants were not obligated to respond to

plaintiff’s discovery requests until the court ruled on the motion to dismiss. Defendants did not

improperly calendar the date for serving their responses to plaintiff’s discovery requests. For

these reasons, plaintiff’s motions for sanctions is denied.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for sanctions

(Dkt. No. 36) is denied.

DATED: March 22, 2012

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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