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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

RAHN GREGORY THOMPSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. PFEIFFER, et al.

Defendants.

No. 1:20-cv-01619 NODJ GSA (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

SECOND MOTION TO MODIFY 

DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING ORDER

(ECF No. 41)

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS DUE JANUARY 

23, 2024

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 

rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States 

Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

Defendants have filed a motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order. ECF No. 

41. This is Defendants’ second request to do so. See ECF Nos. 38, 39 (Defendants’ first 

extension request; Court’s grant of same). In the motion, Defendants ask that the Court extend 

the due date for dispositive motions to January 23, 2024. ECF No. 41 at 1, 3-4; 41-1 at 1-3.

In support of the request, counsel for Defendants states, amongst other things, that 

problems with Plaintiff being able to adequately respond to their discovery requests, a knee 

surgery Plaintiff had which warranted the request of additional medical records from Plaintiff’s 

institution; problems with witness scheduling as well as technical and operational issues at Kern 

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Valley State Prison make a grant of the request necessary. ECF No. 41-1 at 2. Counsel further 

states that the extension of time will enable him to finish the dispositive motion and collect 

several additional declarations in support of it. Id. at 203.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendants’ second motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order to extend 

the due date of dispositive motions (ECF No. 41 et seq.) is GRANTED, and

2. Dispositive motions in this case shall be filed by January 23, 2024.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2024 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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