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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

BRUCE THORNS,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. SHANNON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:11-cv-01826 MCE DAD P

ORDER

On August 29, 2014, the undersigned directed defendants to file and serve a statement 

informing the court whether they had supplemented their discovery responses as previously 

anticipated. (See ECF No. 66; see also Defs.’ Oppo. to Pl.’s Disc. Mtn. (ECF No. 61) filed July 

16, 2014.) Plaintiff’s discovery motion, filed April 16, 2014, sought further production of 

documents, photographs, video surveillance tapes, and other evidence. (See ECF No. 57.) In 

their supplemental response filed September 5, 2014, defendants state in pertinent part:

The Requests for Admission and Requests for Interrogatories were 

previously answered by Defendants, and served on Plaintiff. 

Defendants’ Responses to Plaintiff’s Request for Production of 

Documents ha[ve] been supplemented, and Plaintiff has been 

prov[id]ed with the documents that exist, and that are not deemed 

confidential for the safety and security of the institution, or deemed 

privileged under state law.

(ECF No. 65 at 2.) Thus, defendants aver that they have provided plaintiff with all relevant nonprivileged discovery, as required by Rule 26(b)(1), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery 

(ECF No. 57), is denied as having been rendered moot by defendants’ supplemental discovery 

responses.

Dated: September 24, 2014

DAD:4

thorn1826.disc.

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