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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

GEORGE E. JACOBS,

Plaintiff,

v.

QUINONES, et al ,

Defendants.

1:10-cv-02349-AWI-JLT (PC) 

ORDER DENYING IN PART AND 

GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF'S MOTION 

FOR ADDITIONAL INTERROGATORIES

(Doc. 64)

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. '

1983. This action is proceeding on the First Amended Complaint for Plaintiff's Eighth 

Amendment claims against Defendants Does #1-3, Pruitt, Magana, and Davis for deprivation of 

basic necessities; against Defendants Cogdill, Scaiffe, Quinones, and Davis for excessive force; 

and against Defendants Bardonnex and Williams for depriving Plaintiff of yard time. (Docs. 11, 

17, 19, 24.) 

On June 13, 2014, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking leave to serve five additional 

interrogatories on Defendants Scaife, Cogdill, Davis, and Quinones in this action. (Doc. 64.) 

Defendants filed their opposition. (Doc. 71.) Despite more than sufficient lapse of time, Plaintiff 

has not filed a reply. The motion is deemed submitted. L.R. 230(l).

Plaintiff seeks leave to serve the following interrogatories on Defendants Scaife, Cogdill, 

Davis, and Quinones:

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1. I need you to explain how liquid (ounces) of O.C. pepper spray is contained in 

each M-9 canister.

2. I need you to explain how liquid (ounces) of O.C. pepper spray is contained in 

each M-46 canister.

3. I need you to explain how liquid (ounces) of O.C. pepper spray is contained in 

each Z-505 fogger.

4. I need you to explain how liquid (ounces) of O.C. pepper spray is contained in 

the canister attached to the X-10 barricade device.

5. I need you to explain how much gas/smoke is contained in each T-16 blast 

dispersion grenades. 

Defendants oppose Plaintiff's request arguing that these interrogatories are duplicative of 

interrogatories in Plaintiff's first set of interrogatories which they attach copies of. Interrogatory 

number 13 of Plaintiff's first set of interrogatories requests the exact information as sought in 

numbers 1-4 above and seeks the liquid ounces of O.C. pepper spray (rather than "how much 

gas/smoke") contained in T-16 blast dispersion grenades. Thus, the first four interrogatories that 

Plaintiff seeks to be allowed to serve on Defendants Scaife, Cogdill, Davis, and Quinones are 

duplicative of interrogatories Plaintiff has previously propounded on these four Defendants and 

are not allowed. Number 5 is not duplicative and is allowed.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion to be allowed to serve 

additional interrogatories, filed on June 13, 2014 (Doc. 64), is DENIED in part and GRANTED in 

part and Plaintiff may only propound the following additional interrogatory on Defendants Scaife, 

Cogdill, Davis, and Quinones:

"I need you to explain how much gas/smoke is contained in each T-16 blast 

dispersion grenades."

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2014 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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