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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

QUINCY SIMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. CABRERA,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:12-cv-01904-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING 

ORDER

(Doc. 51)

Discovery Deadline: 07/02/2015 

Pretrial Dispositive Motion Deadline: 09/02/2015

Plaintiff Quincy Sims (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on November 21, 2012. This 

action for damages is proceeding against Defendant M. Cabrera (“Defendant”) for failing to 

protect Plaintiff from the threat of harm by gang members or affiliates while he was at Kern 

Valley State Prison, in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. 

On January 13, 2015, in conjunction with his motion to compel Plaintiff’s deposition, 

Defendant filed a motion to modify the scheduling order to extend the deadlines for the 

completion of discovery and for filing pretrial dispositive motions. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). In a 

separate order issued concurrently with this order, the Court granted Defendant’s motion to 

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compel Plaintiff’s deposition. Accordingly, good cause exists to modify the scheduling order and 

the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:1

1. Defendant’s motion to modify the scheduling order, filed on January 13, 2015, is 

GRANTED;

2. The deadline for the completion of all discovery, including filing motions to 

compel, is extended to July 2, 2015; and

3. The deadline for filing pretrial dispositive motions is extended to September 2, 

2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 31, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

1 The Court recognizes that Defendant sought a discovery extension limited to deposing Plaintiff, but in light of the 

concurrent resolution of Plaintiff’s motion to compel, the deadline will be extended for both parties. To the extent 

Plaintiff is engaging in abusive discovery – and there is no evidence in the record that he is – Defendant may seek 

appropriate redress in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c).

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