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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

AKIVA AVIKAIDA ISRAEL,

Plaintiff,

v. 

SHMARYAHU BROWNSTEIN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:21-cv-00262-TLN-EFB (PC)

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. She has filed a motion to postpone and request accommodations for her 

deposition, which was previously set for June 16, 2023.1

 ECF No. 73. Plaintiff requests that the 

deposition be postponed because (1) she must respond to a summary judgment motion by June 

11, 2023, and (2) another case she is litigating has been referred to post-screening early 

alternative dispute resolution. Id. at 1, Ex. B. Plaintiff does not explain why these circumstances 

prevent her from meaningfully participating in her deposition as originally scheduled. 

Regardless, this portion of the motion (ECF No. 73) is DENIED as moot, given that the June 16, 

2023 deposition never took place because of defense counsel’s family emergency. 

Plaintiff also requests unspecified accommodations for her deposition because she 

“suffers from various medical and mental disabilities which cause her to process information as 

well as negotiate environments, in a non-normative cognitive rate.” Id. at 1. Plaintiff does not 

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 On June 29, 2023, defendants notified the court that the deposition was taken off 

calendar because defense counsel had a family emergency. ECF No. 75. 

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present any medical records to substantiate her claimed disabilities, nor does she describe the 

accommodations she is seeking. Accordingly, this portion of plaintiff’s motion (ECF No. 73), is

also DENIED. 

Finally, defendants request that the discovery and scheduling order in this case be 

modified. ECF No. 75. After reviewing defendants’ request, and good cause appearing, 

defendants’ request is GRANTED. Defendants Brownstein, Eshelman, Muhammed, Safanov, 

Richy, and Lee shall have an additional thirty days, or until August 4, 2023, to complete all fact 

based discovery.

So ordered. 

Dated: July 6, 2023. 

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