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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

FLOYD SCOTT,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. PALMER, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-01329-LJO-SKO PC

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL,

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

(Doc. 101)

Plaintiff Floyd Scott, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 29, 2009. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to compel, filed

on October 29, 2012. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a). Defendants filed an opposition on January 10, 2013,

Plaintiff filed a reply on February 8, 2013, and the motion has been submitted upon the record. 

Local Rule 230(l). 

As set forth in the order issued by the Honorable Lawrence J. O’Neill on February 21, 2013,

the filing of Defendants’ vexatious litigant motion on June 22, 2012, had the effect of staying this

action pending resolution of the motion, which occurred on December 21, 2012. Local Rule 151(b); 

Cal. Civ. Proc. § 391.6 (West 2013). As a result, Defendants were not obligated to respond to

Plaintiff’s discovery requests during the pendency of their motion, and Plaintiff’s motion to compel

was prematurely filed. In addition, Plaintiff is not entitled to reasonable expenses incurred in

bringing his motion to compel. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(A).

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Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion to compel, filed on October 29, 2012, is HEREBY

ORDERED DENIED as premature. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2013 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

ie14hj UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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