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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

GEORGE E. JACOBS, IV,

Plaintiff,

v.

A.C. QUINONES, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:10-cv-02349-AWI-JLT (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME and MODIFYING 

THE DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING ORDER 

NUNC PRO TUNC

(Doc. 42)

Defendants' Discovery Responses Due -- 02/14/2014

Discovery Cut−Off Date -- 04/11/2014

Dispositive Motion Deadline -- 05/16/2014

Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On

November 26, 2013, Defendants filed a motion seeking an extension of time to respond to 

Plaintiff's discovery requests and modification of the scheduling order. (Doc. 42.) In this motion, 

based on voluminous1discovery propounded by Plaintiff, Defendants request that the discovery 

cut-off date be extended from December 17, 2013 to February 14, 2014, that they be granted an 

extension of time up February 14, 2014 to serve their responses to Plaintiff's outstanding 

discovery, and that the dispositive motion deadline be moved from January 16, 2014 to March 17, 

2014. (Id.) The time line requested by Defendants would not leave Plaintiff any opportunity to 

file a motion to compel further responses should he find deficiencies in any of Defendants' 

 

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Plaintiff has served Defendants with over 850 discrete discovery requests. 

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discovery responses. While Plaintiff has not yet responded to this motion, he will not be 

prejudiced by it being granted with a proportional additional allowance of time for filing of 

motion(s) to compel and the like, if necessary. 

The burden on Defendants of responding to voluminous discovery propounded by 

Plaintiff, coupled with an adequate time-line to protect Plaintiff's discovery interests, qualifies as 

good cause to grant the extensions of time that Defendants seek. 

Accordingly, good cause having been found, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Defendants' responses to discovery propounded by Plaintiff are due on February 

14, 2014, nunc pro tunc; 

2. the discovery cut-off date is rescheduled from December 17, 2013 up to and 

including April 11, 2014, nunc pro tunc; and 

3. the dispositive motion deadline is rescheduled from January 16, 2014 up to and 

including May 16, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 19, 2013 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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