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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

DAVID K. LEWIS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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EDWARD S. ALAMEIDA, et al., )

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Defendants. )

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1:05-CV-00173-REC-DLB-P 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ISSUANCE

OF SCHEDULING ORDER

(DOCUMENT #33)

DISCOVERY ORDER 

SCHEDULING ORDER

Unenumerated Rule 12(b) Motion Deadline - 05-15-2006

Discovery Cut-Off Date - 11-15-2006

Deadline to Amend Pleadings - 12-15-2006

Dispositive Motion Deadline - 01-15-2007

On March 6, 2006, Plaintiff filed a motion for issuance of a scheduling order in this action.

By this order, plaintiff's motion shall be granted.

Defendants Adams and Ybarra have answered the complaint filed on January 6, 2005.

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1, 16, and 26-36, discovery shall proceed as follows:

1. Discovery requests shall be served by the parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 5 and Local Rule 5-135, and shall only be filed when required by Local

Rules 33-250(c), 34-250(c), and 36-250(c);

2. Responses to written discovery requests shall be due forty-five (45) days after the

request is first served;

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3. To ensure that the responding party has forty-five (45) days after the request is first

served to respond, discovery requests must be served at least forty-five (45) days before the discovery

deadline; 

4. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a), defendants may depose plaintiff

and any other witness confined in a prison upon condition that, at least fourteen (14) days before such a

deposition, defendants serve all parties with the notice required byFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(1);

and

5. If disputes arise about the parties' obligations to respond to requests for discovery,

the parties shall comply with all pertinent rules including Rules 5, 7, 11, 26, and 37 of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure and Rules 11-110, 7-130, 7-131, 5-133, 5-135, 6-136, 43-142, and 78-230(m) of the Local

Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California. Unless otherwise

ordered, Local Rule 37-251 shall not apply. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(2)(A), a

motion to compel must be accompanied by “a certification that the movant has in good faith conferred or

attempted to confer with the party not making the disclosure in an effort to secure the disclosure without

court action.” A discovery motion that does not comply with all applicable rules will be stricken and may

result in imposition of sanctions.

Further:

6. Plaintiff's motion for issuance of a scheduling order is hereby GRANTED.

7. The parties are advised that the deadline for filing motions to dismiss for failure to

exhaust the administrative remedies pursuant to the unenumerated portion of Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 12(b) shall be May 15, 2006;

8. The parties are advised that the deadline for the completion of all discovery, including

filing motions to compel, shall be November 15, 2006;

9. The deadline for amending the pleadings shall be December 15, 2006; 

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The pre-trial dispositive motion deadline does not apply to the filing of unenumerated Rule 12(b) 1

motions to dismiss for failure to exhaust. Unenumerated Rule 12(b) motions for failure to exhaust must be filed on

or before the deadline separately set forth in this order.

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10. The deadline for filing pre-trial dispositive motions shall be January 15, 2007;1

11. A request for an extension of a deadline set in this order must be filed on or

before the expiration of the deadline in question; and

12. Extensions of time will only be granted on a showing of good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: M arch 14, 2006 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3c0hj8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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