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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

Plaintiff Rodney Jerome Womack is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On May 3, 2021, the Court granted Defendants’ motion to compel, and ordered Plaintiff to file 

responses to Defendants’ requests for production of documents, without objection, along with copies 

of any responsive documents. (ECF No. 37.)

On June 18, 2021, Defendants Smith and O’Brien filed a motion to dismiss the action as a 

discovery sanction, or alternatively, evidentiary sanctions, against Plaintiff because he failed to 

comply with the Court’s order compelling his responses. (ECF No. 63.) 

Plaintiff filed an opposition on July 7, 2021, and Defendants Smith and O’Brien filed a reply 

on July 14, 2021. 

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RODNEY JEROME WOMACK,

 Plaintiff,

v.

W. GIBBONS, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:19-cv-00615-AWI-SAB (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANTS GIBBONS 

AND GOMEZ TO PROVIDE COPY OF 

PLAINTIFF’S DISCOVERY RESPONSE, 

CONTINUING THE MOTION TO DISMISS, AND 

GRANTING DEFENDANTS SMITH AND 

O’BRIEN LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT THE 

MOTION TO DISMISS

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In his opposition, Plaintiff submits that he provided Defendants Gibbons and Gomez 900 pages 

of “medical discovery documentation,” and requested that the documentation be provided to 

Defendants Smith and O’Brien. (ECF No. 67 at 2.) Plaintiff also contends “that he is in the process of 

waiting for additional medical and mental health documents from the records department” at Corcoran 

State Prison. (Id.) Defendants Smith and O’Brien argue that Plaintiff “has not produced documents 

that support his Eighth Amendment claims for excessive force and deliberate indifference; he has not 

produced documents that support his alleged damages; and importantly, he has not produced the 

signed witness statements that he identified at his deposition, and that he stated are located in his cell.” 

(ECF No. 69 at 2:15-19.) 

Because Defendants Smith and O’Brien have not received or reviewed the 900 pages of 

documentation Plaintiff provided to Defendants Gibbons and Gomez, the Court finds it prudent to 

direct Defendant Gibbons and Gomez to provide a copy of the documentation to Defendants Smith 

and O’Brien prior to review of the pending motion to dismiss. If the information provided by Plaintiff 

is not responsive to the outstanding discovery responses of which Plaintiff was compelled to respond, 

Defendants Smith and O’Brien may supplement their motion to dismiss with such information. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Within twenty (20) days from the date of service of this order, Defendants Gibbons and 

Gomez shall provide Defendants Smith and O’Brien a copy of the documentation 

provided by Plaintiff; 

2. Within twenty (20) days from receipt of the information, Defendants Smith and 

O’Brien may supplement their pending motion to dismiss if the documentation is not 

responsive to the outstanding discovery; and 

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3. If no supplement is filed within the allotted time frame, the Court will assume that the 

discovery response provided by Plaintiff is sufficient and the motion to dismiss will be 

denied as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 20, 2021 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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