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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

CHARLES E. CRAYON,

Plaintiff,

v.

RICK HILL, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2: 13-cv-0350 MCE KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is defendants’ request to modify the scheduling 

order. (ECF No. 68.) For the reasons stated herein, this motion is granted.

Pursuant to the order filed September 11, 2014, the discovery deadline is January 7, 2015,

and the dispositive motion deadline is March 14, 2015. (ECF No. 64.)

In the pending request, defense counsel states that on November 14, 2014, she spoke with 

plaintiff over the telephone regarding his failure to respond to various discovery requests. 

Plaintiff told defense counsel that he had not responded because he was in administrative 

segregation on suicide watch. Plaintiff informed defense counsel that, as a result of this status, he 

did not have access to his legal property. Defense counsel informed plaintiff that she would 

schedule his deposition for December 23, 2014, in order to give him time to obtain his legal 

property. Shortly thereafter, defense counsel served plaintiff with a notice of deposition and 

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document request.

On December 23, 2014, defense counsel (working in the San Diego office of the Attorney 

General’s Office) traveled to Corcoran State Prison to depose plaintiff. When she arrived, 

plaintiff refused to participate in the deposition because he claimed that he was not physically or 

mentally able to do so. Plaintiff told defense counsel that he was not thinking clearly, had made 

two suicide attempts, his doctors were trying to get his medications corrected, and he would not 

participate in the deposition. Plaintiff told defense counsel that he did not know when he would 

be physically and mentally able to participate in discovery. Defense counsel and plaintiff 

discussed bringing a motion to continue the discovery deadline to April 30, 2015, so that defense 

counsel can take plaintiff’s deposition in February, March or April 2015. 

In the pending motion, defense counsel requests that the discovery deadline be reset to 

April 30, 2015, so that she may take plaintiff’s deposition, and that the dispositive motion 

deadline be reset to June 30, 2015. Defense counsel states that due to plaintiff’s claims of 

physical and mental difficulties causing him to be unable to submit to a deposition, including his 

claims of being suicidal, defense counsel could not threaten plaintiff with a motion for 

terminating sanctions.

Good cause appearing, defendants’ motion to modify the scheduling order is granted. If 

plaintiff does not participate in his deposition in the time ordered, defendants may file a motion 

for terminating sanctions if it is determined that plaintiff’s claims of physical and mental 

difficulties are not well supported. However, if plaintiff’s claims of physical and mental 

difficulties are well supported, and he cannot participate in his deposition due to these difficulties, 

defendants shall notify the court. Following receipt of this briefing, the court will issue further 

orders.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants’ request to modify the 

scheduling order (ECF No. 68) is granted; the discovery deadline is extended to April 30, 2015,

for the purpose of plaintiff’s deposition only; the dispositive motion cut-off deadline is extended 

to June 30, 2015.

Dated: January 5, 2015

Cray350.sch 

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