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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 

WALTER HOWARD WHITE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SMYERS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-2868 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Counsel for defendant Miranda informs the court that plaintiff was recently transferred 

from the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF) to High Desert State Prison 

(HDSP). See ECF No. 131, filed April 22, 2015. Discovery matters remain pending in this 

action, including the parties’ compliance with the court’s order filed April 16, 2015, ECF No. 

126, and the joint request of defendants to reconvene and conclude plaintiff’s deposition. The 

court declines to further address any substantive matter until it has received statements from 

plaintiff and the Attorney General’s Office confirming plaintiff’s transfer and the expected 

duration of his placement at HDSP. The court will, however, inquire about additional discovery 

deemed necessary by the parties, other than plaintiff’s requested deposition, which has been fully 

briefed (at least insofar as plaintiff remained incarcerated at CSATF). The dispositive motion 

deadline will be vacated pending further order of this court. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff and the Deputy Attorney General assigned this case shall, within fourteen 

days after the filing date of this order, file and serve separate statements informing the court of 

plaintiff’s current place of incarceration and, if available, the anticipated duration of that 

placement. 

 2. Plaintiff and counsel for all parties shall, within twenty-eight days after the filing date 

of this order, file and serve separate statements (each statement shall be no more than five pages 

in length, with no attached exhibits or supplemental filings) that set forth the following 

information, excluding any reference to plaintiff’s further deposition: (a) whether the responding 

party seeks further discovery; (b) if so, a brief description of the intended discovery, including the 

intended recipient(s), and an explanation why the discovery was not previously propounded; and 

(c) the importance of the anticipated discovery to the facts and claims in this action. No party 

shall file any response to any of these statements – any response or responsive motion will be 

stricken. 

 3. The dispositive motion deadline, currently June 1, 2015, is vacated pending further 

order of this court. 

 4. The parties shall continue to provide any remaining discovery ordered by this court on 

April 16, 2015, and plaintiff may submit the authorized subpoenas duces tecum for this court’s 

review. See ECF No. 126. In addition, plaintiff may file and serve a response to this court’s 

order filed April 8, 2015, ECF No. 120, as described and limited therein.1 

 5. All other outstanding matters shall so remain pending further order of this court. 

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 Plaintiff’s response, if any, shall conform to the limitations previously set by the court, viz., 

“a statement – that does not exceed two pages and includes no legal arguments – that identifies 

specific and reasonable accommodations that would support his participation in a continued 

deposition.” See ECF No. 120 at 4 (emphasis added). 

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 6. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this order to plaintiff at both CSATF 

and HDSP. 

DATED: April 23, 2015 

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