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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

DEVONTE B. HARRIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

BORQUEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-00046-NODJ-BAM (PC)

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW 

CAUSE WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE 

DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO 

PROSECUTE

(ECF No. 40)

ORDER LIFTING STAY OF DISCOVERY 

AND RESETTING DISCOVERY AND 

DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINES

(ECF No. 39)

Discovery Deadline: June 19, 2024

Dispositive Motion Deadline: August 29, 2024

Plaintiff Devonte B. Harris (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds against Defendants Borquez and 

Quevedo1for deliberate fabrication of evidence in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

On December 18, 2023, the Court granted Defendants’ motion to stay non-exhaustionrelated discovery and vacate all current deadlines pending disposition of their motion for 

summary judgment based on Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies. (ECF No. 39.) 

On January 16, 2024, following Plaintiff’s failure to file an opposition or statement of non1 Erroneously sued as “Queredo.”

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opposition, the Court issued an order for Plaintiff to show cause why this action should not be 

dismissed for failure to prosecute. (ECF No. 40.) The same date, Defendants filed a withdrawal 

of their motion for summary judgment, stating that after further investigation, Defendants’ 

counsel has received information that indicates that Plaintiff has exhausted his administrative 

remedies with respect to the claims he asserts in this action. (ECF No. 41.) The motion for 

summary judgment for failure to exhaust is therefore withdrawn.

Accordingly, the Court finds it appropriate and necessary to discharge the order to show 

cause, lift the stay of non-exhaustion-related discovery, and reset the discovery and dispositive 

motion deadlines. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16.

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The January 16, 2024 order to show cause, (ECF No. 40), is DISCHARGED;

2. The stay of merits-based discovery is LIFTED;

3. The deadline for the completion of all discovery, including filing all motions to 

compel discovery, shall be June 19, 2024. Absent good cause, discovery motions will 

not be considered if filed after the discovery deadline. Therefore, discovery requests 

and deposition notices must be served sufficiently in advance of the discovery 

deadline to permit time for a response and time to prepare and file a motion to compel;

4. The deadline for filing all dispositive motions (other than a motion for summary 

judgment for failure to exhaust) shall be August 29, 2024; and 

5. Any request for an extension of these deadlines must be filed on or before the 

expiration of the deadline. However, the parties are advised that an extension of time 

will only be granted upon a clear showing of good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 16, 2024 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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