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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 

TERRELL D. HALL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY JAIL, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:13-cv-0324 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff has filed a document entitled “Plaintiff’s First Request for Production of 

Documents.” ECF No. 106. Plaintiff is informed that discovery will not begin until the court 

issues a discovery and scheduling order. Once discovery begins, court permission is not 

necessary for discovery requests and neither discovery requests served on an opposing party nor 

that party’s responses should be filed unless they are being used to support or oppose a motion. 

“[T]he following discovery requests and responses must not be filed until they are used in the 

proceeding or the court orders filing: depositions, interrogatories, requests for documents or 

tangible things or to permit entry onto land, and requests for admission.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(1). 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s August 31, 2016 request (ECF 

No. 106) will be stricken from the record. Plaintiff is cautioned that he should not file any further 

discovery requests or responses to discovery requests unless they are being used to support or 

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oppose a motion or the court orders them filed. Repeated violations may result in an order of 

sanctions, including, but not limited to, dismissal of this action. 

DATED: September 6, 2016 

Case 2:13-cv-00324-AC Document 107 Filed 09/07/16 Page 2 of 2