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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 

ALLEN HAMMLER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

C. DAVIS, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-2073 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Presently pending is plaintiff’s request to modify the discovery and scheduling 

order, and motion for a court order that would direct and facilitate telephone interviews between 

plaintiff and two of his witnesses, both incarcerated. 

 Plaintiff’s request to modify the scheduling order will be granted; however, plaintiff’s 

request for assistance to schedule witness interviews will be denied as premature. Defendant has 

filed a motion for summary judgment premised on plaintiff’s alleged failure to exhaust his 

administrative remedies. See ECF No. 49. That motion is now fully briefed and submitted for 

decision by the court. Pending that decision, discovery on plaintiff’s substantive claims is 

unnecessary. Therefore, the current deadlines will be vacated; new deadlines for discovery and 

the filing of dispositive motions will be made if defendant’s motion is denied and this case 

proceeds on the merits. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s request to modify the discovery and scheduling order in this action, ECF No. 

55, is granted; all deadlines are vacated pending further order of this court. 

 2. Plaintiff’s request for a court order to facilitate his telephone interviews with witnesses, 

ECF No. 54, is denied without prejudice. 

 SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 16, 2016 

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