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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHANNON WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01540-DAD-HBK (PC)

ORDER CONSTRUING PRO SE PLEADING 

AS MOTION AND DIRECTING EXPEDITED 

RESPONSE

(Doc. Nos. 212, 213)

On January 2, 2025, Plaintiff filed a pro se pleading titled “Objections to Protective 

Order” accompanied by his sworn “Affidavit.” (Doc. Nos. 212, 213). The Court liberally 

construes Plaintiff’s pro se pleading, as supported by Plaintiff’s Affidavit, as a request to reopen 

discovery concerning the existence and subsequent removal and/or destruction of certain cameras 

that Plaintiff claims captured the October 13, 2014 incident in unit 6B at USP Atwater, which 

gives rise to Plaintiff’s claim. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

1. The Court construes Plaintiff’s pleading titled “Objection to Protective Order” (Doc. 

No. 212) as a motion to reopen discovery. 

2. Defendant shall file an expedited response to the construed motion (Doc. No. 212) no 

later than January 10, 2025. 

3. The Clerk of Court shall revise the docket text of Plaintiff’s pleading “Objection to 

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Protective Order” (Doc. No. 212) to reflect that the pleading is “construed by the 

Court as a motion to reopen discovery” and activate it as a pending motion on the 

docket. 

Dated: January 3, 2025 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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