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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

SCOTT EMERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

F. FOULK, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-0972 TLN CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a motion seeking “an extension of time and/or new due dates” in this 

action. (ECF No. 28.) Plaintiff does not specify which deadline(s) in the Scheduling Order he 

seeks to have extended, or for how long. (See ECF No. 25.) Thus the court will deny this motion 

without prejudice to renewal. 

Plaintiff also requests the appointment of a private medical expert to evaluate him. (ECF 

No. 29.) Pursuant to Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, “[i]f scientific, technical, or 

other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine 

a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or 

education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.” Fed. R. Evid. 702. Under 

Rule 706, the Court may on its own motion, or on the motion of a party appoint an expert witness. 

Fed. R. Evid. 706(a). However, the court finds that appointment of an expert is not necessary or 

appropriate at this time. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time (ECF No. 28) is denied without prejudice to 

renewal; and 

2. Plaintiff’s application for expert opinion (ECF No. 29) is denied.

Dated: June 24, 2015

2 / emer0972.36

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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