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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

Plaintiff Rodney Jerome Womack is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

This action is proceeding against Defendants W. Gibbons, A. Gomez, E. Smith, and G. O’Brien 

for excessive force and deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. Defendants Smith and O’Brien 

are represented by Deputy Attorney General David Goodwin, and Defendants Gibbons and Gomez are 

represented by Nicole Cahill and Dayton Van Vranken Longyear, Esq. 

Defendants Gibbons and Gomez filed an answer on June 5, 2020, and Defendants Smith and 

O’Brien returned waivers of service on May 13, 2020. (ECF No. 29.) 

On June 8, 2020, the Court referred this case to post-screening ADR and set a settlement 

conference before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe for October 8, 2020. (ECF No. 32.) The 

settlement conference was subsequently rescheduled for September 17, 2020. (ECF No. 33.) 

RODNEY JEROME WOMACK,

 Plaintiff,

v.

W. GIBBONS, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:19-cv-00615-AWI-SAB (PC)

ORDER EXTENDING DISCOVERY AND 

SCHEDULING TO DEFENDANTS O’BRIEN 

AND SMITH

[ECF Nos. 44, 48]

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On July 24, 2020, Defendants Smith and O’Brien filed a notice to opt-out of the settlement 

conference. (ECF No. 41.) On July 27, 2020, the vacated the settlement conference and lifted the stay 

of the proceedings. (ECF No. 42.) The Court also directed Defendants O’Brien and Smith to file an 

answer to the complaint. (Id.) 

On July 29, 2020, the Court issued the discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 44.)

On August 10, 2020, Defendants O’Brien and Smith filed an answer to the complaint. (ECF 

No. 48.)

Because Defendants O’Brien and Smith just filed an answer, they are hereby advised that the 

Court’s July 29, 2020 discovery and scheduling applies with equal force to them as well as Defendants 

Gibbons and Gomez. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 11, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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