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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

TODD ASHKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. PFEIFFER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-00423-ADA-EPG (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR 

DISCOVERY AND PRE-TRIAL 

DEADLINES

(ECF No. 96)

Todd Ashker (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

On November 29, 2022, Defendants filed a motion to extend time for discovery and pretrial deadlines. (ECF No. 96). Defendants state that the parties and the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) need an additional sixty days to “collect, review, and 

prepare for production the extensive documents contemplated by” the Court’s order requiring the 

parties to exchange documents. (Id. at 1). According to defense counsel, the Court’s order will 

require the parties to produce hundreds, if not thousands, of documents. (ECF No. 96-1, p. 2). 

Additionally, “[m]any of these documents will involve potential privilege issues and institutional 

safety concerns, and thus will require careful review and redactions before they can be produced.” 

(Id.). “CDCR has started collecting responsive documents but cannot complete this process in 

time to review the materials and prepare them for production by the current deadline.” (Id.). 

Defendants also ask the Court to extend all other pre-trial deadlines accordingly. (ECF 

No. 96, pgs. 1-2).

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According to Defendants, Plaintiff agrees to this extension. (Id. at 2). Additionally, “[a]

decision is also forthcoming in Mr. Ashker’s substantially similar retaliation motion pending 

before in the Northern District, which may potentially narrow the legal issues and streamline 

discovery in this case.” (Id.).

The Court finds good cause to grant Defendants’ motion.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. The deadline for producing and objecting to producing documents, as described in the 

Court’s order requiring parties to exchange documents (ECF No. 91), is February 3, 

2023.

2. The deadline for responding to any discovery already served is extended sixty days to 

February 22, 2023.

3. Defendants’ deadline to present any challenge for failure to exhaust administrative 

remedies is March 7, 2023.

4. The parties have until May 2, 2023, to file motion(s) to compel further discovery 

responses.

5. Defendants will confer with Plaintiff, and no later than June 20, 2023, shall file a 

report indicating each party’s position on whether a settlement conference would be 

productive.

6. The deadline for the completion of all non-expert discovery is August 1, 2023.

7. The deadline for filing dispositive motions, including motions for summary judgment 

(other than dispositive motions based on the defense of failure to exhaust 

administrative remedies), is September 5, 2023.

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8. All unmodified requirements in the Court’s October 4, 2022 scheduling order (ECF 

No. 90) remain in effect.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2022 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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