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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

JOHN FRATUS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF 

CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:12-cv-00906-DAD-SKO (PC)

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER AND 

MODIFYING ORDER TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY AND MOTION DEADLINES

(Docs. 72 and 79)

Amended Discovery Deadline: 02/19/2016

Amended Pretrial Dispositive 

Motion Deadline: 04/19/2016

Plaintiff John Fratus (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on June 4, 2012. This action is 

proceeding on Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendant Callow (“Defendant”) for 

violation of Plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural due process. Pursuant to the 

order filed on September 1, 2015, the deadline for the completion of all discovery is December 14, 

2015, and the deadline to file pretrial dispositive motions is January 15, 2016. On November 2, 

2015, the parties filed a stipulation to modify the scheduling order. 

The Court finds that Plaintiff’s placement in Department of State Hospital (“DSH”) 

custody and his pending child custody hearing, coupled with his pro se status and the lack of any

prejudice to Defendant, demonstrate the existence of good cause to modify the scheduling order. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Zivkovic v. Southern California Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th 

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Cir. 2002). It appears that Plaintiff has now been released from DSH custody and accordingly, the 

Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. The stipulation to modify the scheduling order is approved;

2. The discovery deadline is extended from December 14, 2015, to February 19, 2016; 

and

3. The pretrial dispositive motion deadline is extended from January 25, 2016, to 

April 19, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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