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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

On June 30, 2014, Defendant P. Hayes filed an answer to Plaintiff’s second amended 

complaint. Accordingly, the following discovery and scheduling order now issues. This order 

applies only to Plaintiff and Defendant Hayes.

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1, 16, and 26-36, discovery shall proceed as 

follows:

Discovery Procedures:

1. Discovery requests shall be served by the parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 5 and Local Rule 135. Discovery requests and responses shall not be filed with the Court 

unless required by Local Rules 250.2, 250.3, and 250.4.

2. Responses to written discovery requests shall be due forty-five (45) days after the 

request is first served. Boilerplate objections are disfavored and may be summarily overruled by the 

MICHAEL MCNEIL,

 Plaintiff,

v.

P. HAYES, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:10-cv-01746-AWI-SKO (PC)

DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING ORDER

APPLICABLE TO PLAINTIFF AND 

DEFENDANT HAYES

Exhaustion Motion Filing Deadline: 08/18/2014

Deadline to Amend Pleadings: 10/01/2014 

Discovery Deadline: 11/18/2014

Dispositive Motion Deadline: 01/20/2015

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Court. Responses to document requests shall include all documents within a party’s possession, 

custody or control. Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a)(1). Documents are deemed within a party’s possession, 

custody or control if the party has actual possession, custody or control thereof, or the legal right to 

obtain the property on demand. Amendments to discovery responses served after the filing of and in 

response to a motion to compel are strongly disfavored, absent good faith. The parties are required to 

act in good faith during the course of discovery and the failure to do so may result in the payment of 

expenses pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5) or other appropriate sanctions 

authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Local Rules. 

3. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2)(B), Defendant may depose 

Plaintiff and any other witness confined in a prison upon condition that, at least fourteen (14) days 

before such a deposition, Defendant serves all parties with the notice required by Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 30(b)(1). Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(4), the parties may take any deposition under 

this section by video conference without a further motion or order of the Court. Nothing herein 

forecloses a party from bringing a motion for protective order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1) if 

necessary.

4. If discovery disputes arise, the parties shall comply with all pertinent rules including 

Rules 5, 7, 11, 26, and 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rules 110, 130, 131, 133, 135, 

142, 144, and 230(l) of the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern 

District of California. A discovery motion that does not comply with applicable rules will be stricken 

and may result in imposition of sanctions. However, unless otherwise ordered, Local Rule 251 shall 

not apply, and the requirement set forth in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 and 37 of a good faith 

conference or attempt to confer with the other party to resolve the dispute shall not apply. Voluntary 

compliance with this provision of Rules 26 and 37 is encouraged, and if the Court deems it appropriate 

in any given case, it will impose the good faith meet and confer requirement.

Amendment to Pleadings:

5. The deadline for amending the pleadings is October 1, 2014.

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Filing Deadlines:

6. The deadline for filing motions for summary judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 for 

failure to exhaust administrative remedies is August 18, 2014.

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

discovery, is November 18, 2014. Absent good cause, discovery motions will not be considered if 

filed after the discovery deadline. Therefore, discovery requests and deposition notices must be served 

sufficiently in advance of the discovery deadline to permit time for a response and time to prepare and 

file a motion to compel. 

8. The deadline for filing all dispositive motions (other than a motion for summary 

judgment for failure to exhaust) is January 20, 2015.

9. A request for an extension of a deadline set in this order must be filed on or before 

the expiration of the deadline in question and will only be granted on a showing of good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 14, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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