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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 Abdelkader Morceli (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 29, 2011. This action 

proceeds on Plaintiff’s complaint against Defendant Meyers for violation of the Free Exercise Clause 

of the First Amendment and Equal Protection in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. (ECF No. 

25.) The Court issued a scheduling order on December 17, 2012, and the deadline to complete 

discovery was August 17, 2013. (ECF No. 30.) The Court extended the discovery deadline on August 

30, 2013, for the limited purpose of completing Plaintiff’s deposition. (ECF No. 39.) 

Currently pending before the Court is Defendant Meyer’s motion to compel Plaintiff’s 

responses to interrogatories and requests for production, which was filed on August 16, 2013. (ECF 

No. 36.) Plaintiff did not file an opposition. 

ABDELKADER MORCELI,

 Plaintiff,

v.

W. MEYERS, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:11-cv-00685-AWI-BAM PC

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION 

TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSES TO 

INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR 

PRODUCTION (ECF No. 36)

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On June 24, 2013, Defendants served Plaintiff with a set of interrogatories and a set of requests 

for production of documents. Although Plaintiff’s written responses were due on August 12, 2013, 

forty-five days after service, Plaintiff failed to respond. (ECF No. 36-1, Declaration of Jon S. Allin ¶¶ 

2-3; Exs. A and B.) Where there has been a complete failure to respond, a party may move for an 

order compelling responses to interrogatories and requests for production of documents. Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 37(a)(3)(B). Given Plaintiff’s complete failure to respond to discovery and this motion, 

Defendants’ motion to compel Plaintiff’s responses to interrogatories and requests for production is 

GRANTED. Plaintiff shall respond to Defendants’ interrogatories and requests for production, 

without objection, within thirty (30) days after service of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 13, 2013 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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