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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 

WALTER HOWARD WHITE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SMYERS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-2868 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Counsel for defendant Miranda requests an extension of time within which to conduct 

plaintiff’s continued deposition, ECF No. 170, in response to plaintiff’s recent statement that he 

has not received two boxes of his legal materials after being transferred back to High Desert State 

Prison (HDSP) from the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF), see ECF No. 

169 at 3. The current deadline for conducting defendant’s deposition is October 16, 2015. See 

ECF No. 153 at 8-9. For the reasons stated herein, the court suspends the deadline in order to 

obtain additional information and briefing. 

 Defendants are represented by three different attorneys. The court previously directed all 

defense counsel to schedule plaintiff’s further deposition between August 31 and October 16, 

2015, and to inform the court of such date within five days of scheduling. See ECF No. 153 at 8-

9. As of this writing, the court has not received notice of a scheduled deposition. 

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In support of his current request, counsel for defendant Miranda states, ECF No. 170 at 1-

2: 

At past deposition sessions, White stated that he was unable to 

answer a substantial number of questions, as his files and materials 

were not all available. It is anticipated that the same issue will arise 

if the deposition proceeds without his possession of the documents. 

[¶] To avoid the need for multiple sessions of the deposition, 

Miranda requests that the deadline for taking the deposition be 

extended for 60 days, to allow for delivery of the documents. 

 The court has previously considered and rejected plaintiff’s numerous objections to 

defendants’ efforts to resume and conclude plaintiff’s deposition. See ECF No. 153 at 5-8 

(including citations to previous similar orders). Although plaintiff’s instant objection signals 

caution in considering further delays in this action, the court finds good cause to support the 

following order. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The October 16, 2015 deadline for conducting plaintiff’s deposition is vacated. 

 2. Within twenty-one (21) days after the filing date of this order, Ms. Ellen Hung, the 

Deputy Attorney General representing the majority of defendants in this action, shall file and 

serve a statement addressing the following matters: 

 a. Contact with the HDSP Litigation Coordinator (and, if necessary, the CSATF 

Litigation Coordinator and other appropriate officials with the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation) to ascertain the location(s) of all of plaintiff’s legal materials 

pertaining to the instant action; and 

 b. If plaintiff is not in possession of all pertinent legal materials, identifying the missing 

materials, their location(s), and the date(s) when such documents will be delivered to plaintiff. 

 3. If plaintiff is not in possession of all pertinent legal materials within the twenty-oneday period provided herein, the Deputy Attorney General shall file and serve a statement 

informing the court and other parties when such materials are delivered to plaintiff; if necessary, 

the Deputy Attorney General shall provide status reports every fourteen (14) days until such 

materials are delivered to plaintiff. 

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 4. Within fourteen days after plaintiff is in possession of all pertinent legal materials, 

counsel for all defendants shall file and serve a joint statement informing the court of the date and 

time scheduled for plaintiff’s further and final deposition, which shall be scheduled at the earliest 

convenience of the parties and HDSP officials. 

 SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 6, 2015 

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