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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW JAMES GRIFFIN, 

Plaintiff,

v.

A. JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-CV-01599-LJO-BAM (PC)

ORDER LIFTING STAY OF 

DISCOVERY

Plaintiff Matthew James Griffin (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se 

and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action 

proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint for excessive force and for deliberate 

indifference to serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment against 

Defendants Johnson, Gonzales, Valdez, Munoz, Sexton, Ross, Thor, Doe, Kul, Busch, 

Bell, and Smith.

Discovery was stayed in this matter pending the outcome of a settlement 

conference, at Defendants’ request. (ECF No. 70.) Defendants particularly requested a 

protective order from responding to Plaintiff’s written discovery, and Plaintiff informed 

the Court that he served requests for production on or about February 21, 2016, which 

required responses. 

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A settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman was held on 

May 4, 2016. (ECF No. 74.) The Court is informed that the case did not settle. This case 

is now ready to proceed.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The stay of discovery in this matter is LIFTED; and,

2. Defendants SHALL respond to Plaintiff’s requests for production on or 

before thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 5, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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