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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY LYNN NORWOOD,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-2554 GEB GGH P

vs.

EDWARD ALAMEIDA, JR., et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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By order filed on August 30, 2005, plaintiff’s request for an extension of the

discovery deadline from October 21, 2005 until November 21, 2005 was granted. In an order

filed on October 25, 2005, the November 21, 2005 deadline was retained with respect to any

motion to compel discovery plaintiff might file with respect to any other defendant or with

respect to any motion to compel brought by any defendant but defendant Pliler. However, by

order filed on December 1, 2005, plaintiff was granted until December 23, 2005 to file a motion

to compel discovery as to the previously served defendants; it was noted that as to defendant

Pliler, the deadline for filing a motion to compel discovery remains 60 days from the day

defendant Pliler is served. 

Plaintiff now seeks leave to file additional interrogatories and requests for

production of documents upon a previously served defendant, defendant Willey, to which

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defendants filed an opposition. As to additional requests for production of documents, leave of

court need not be sought and the court will not reach that question. As to additional

interrogatories for defendant Willey, defendants observe that, on August 4, 2005, the court

previously granted plaintiff leave to serve additional interrogatories upon the previously served

defendants and that plaintiff has served defendant Willey with 44 interrogatories to date. 

Plaintiff complains that defendant Willey has interposed objections to a number of

interrogatories apparently without providing substantive responses. If so, that may be the subject

of a motion to compel by plaintiff. However, at this point, even with the extended discovery

deadline, which has been granted at plaintiff’s request, there is insufficient time for plaintiff to

serve the additional interrogatories upon defendant Willey and receive a response. Moreover, as

noted, the court has previously granted plaintiff leave to serve additional interrogatories on

defendant Willey. Plaintiff’s request will be denied.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s December 2, 2005 request to serve

additional interrogatories upon defendant Willey is denied. 

DATED: 1/5/06

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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