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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

JOSHUA BLOCKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

JAMES SADIGHI, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:18-cv-0253 WBS DB P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendant used excessive force against him in violation of his 

Eighth Amendment rights. Presently before the court is defendant’s motion to modify the 

discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 44.) 

Defendant requests a forty-five-day extension of the dispositive motion deadline. Counsel 

for defendant states that defendant’s retirement from California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation employment and the COVID-19 pandemic have caused delays in acquiring

necessary declarations and other information needed to complete a motion for summary 

judgment. Good cause having been shown, the court will grant the motion.

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant’s motion to modify the Discovery and 

Scheduling Order (ECF No. 44) is granted. The deadline to file dispositive motions is extended 

to July 13, 2020. 

Dated: May 21, 2020

/s/ DEBORAH BARNES

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

DLB:12

DLB:1/Orders/Prisoner.Civil.Rights/bloc0253.eot

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