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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 

Marvellous A. Greene, Sr.,

Plaintiff, No. Civ. S 03-1854 DFL PAN P

vs. Order

C. K. Pliler,

Defendant.

-oOoPlaintiff is a prisoner, without counsel, prosecuting this

civil rights action on the claim defendant violated his rights by

revoking work privileges based upon a disability. Pursuant to

Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(2)(B), defendant moves to compel plaintiff

to respond to interrogatories and requests for production of

documents. 

Parties may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not

privileged, that is relevant to the claim or defense of any 

party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1). Information sought need not be 

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admissible at trial if the discovery is reasonably calculated to

lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Id. The court may

limit discovery if it determines the discovery sought is

unreasonably cumulative or obtainable from a more convenient or

less expensive source, the party seeking discovery had ample

opportunity to obtain the information sought, or the burden or

expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2). A party has a continuing duty to

supplement, correct or amend discovery responses if the court so

orders or if the party learns the responses were in some material

respect incorrect or incomplete and the information has not

otherwise been made available to other parties. Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(e)(2).

A party may, without leave of court or written stipulation,

serve upon any party no more than 25 written interrogatories. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(a). Absent an order or stipulation extending

time, the receiving party has 30 days to answer each

interrogatory fully in writing under oath unless there is an

objection, in which case the party must state the reason therefor

and answer portions of the interrogatory to which no objection is

made. Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b).

Any party may request any other party produce for inspection

documents including writings, drawings, graphs, charts or data

compilations. Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a). The requesting party must 

identify the items to be produced and the party upon whom the

request is made must make a written response stating that

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inspection will be permitted as requested, unless the party 

objects and states the basis therefor. Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(b).

The January 5, 2005, discovery order gives parties 45 days

to respond to written discovery requests.

A party may move for an order compelling discovery with

respect to objections or other failure to respond to

interrogatories or requests to produce documents. Fed. R. Civ.

P. 37(a)(2)(B), 33(b)(5), 34(b). 

June 16, 2005, defendant Pliler served plaintiff with

interrogatories and requests for documents. Plaintiff concedes

he did not respond but asserts he requires additional time

because August 22, 2005, his property was confiscated, August 30,

2005, he was moved to administrative segregation and August 31,

2005, was hospitalized after a suicide attempt. 

Plaintiff should have served responses to defendant’s

requests no later than July 31, 2005. 

Accordingly, defendant’s September 9, 2005, motion is

granted. Plaintiff shall serve responses to defendant’s June 16,

2005, interrogatories and request for documents within 30 days of

the date this order is signed.

So ordered.

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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