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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 

ALONZO RAYSHAWN PERKINS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

C. KENNEDY, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:22-cv-0539 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Currently before the court is defendants’ 

motion to compel and to modify the discovery and scheduling order. ECF No. 33. 

Defendants have moved to modify the scheduling order in light of their motion to compel 

plaintiff to participate in his deposition, which they state he refused to attend without any 

explanation. ECF No. 33-1 at 3-4. They seek to extend the deadlines for discovery and 

dispositive motions to forty-five and ninety days, respectively, after an order on their motion to 

compel. Id. The request to extend the discovery deadline will be denied as unnecessary. In the 

event the court grants defendants’ motion to compel, the court will set deadlines for completing 

plaintiff’s deposition and filing any necessary motions for sanctions. The request to extend the 

deadline for dispositive motions will be granted to the extent that the dispositive motions deadline 

will be vacated and re-set as needed upon resolution of the discovery dispute. 

The court notes that the file reflects that a recent order sent to plaintiff’s address of record 

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was returned by the postal service with a notation that delivery had been refused.1 Plaintiff is 

informed that all court orders will be served on him at his address of record and that acceptance 

of those orders will be necessary to prosecution of the instant action. Plaintiff is further informed 

that further refusal to accept delivery of court orders will result in a recommendation that this 

action be dismissed. See L.R. 110. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Defendants’ motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order (ECF No. 33) is 

GRANTED to the extent the deadline for filing dispositive motions is VACATED and will be reset, as necessary, upon resolution of the pending motion to compel. The motion to modify is 

otherwise DENIED for the reasons set forth above.

2. Plaintiff shall respond to defendants’ motion to compel (ECF No. 33) within twentyone days of the service of this order. Failure to respond will be deemed a waiver of any 

opposition to the granting of the motion and may result in the imposition of sanctions or a 

recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute pursuant 

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). See L.R. 230(l).

DATED: March 22, 2024 

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 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s inmate records website indicates 

that plaintiff is still housed at California State Prison-Sacramento. 

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