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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PERCY LEE RHODES,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOSEPH RUIZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-00942-CDB (PC) 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF 

TIME 

(Doc. 47) 

ORDER MODIFYING DISCOVERY AND 

SCHEDULING ORDER

Plaintiff Percy Lee Rhodes is a proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Court issued its Discovery and Scheduling Order on October 3, 2023. (Doc. 30.) In its 

Order issued January 10, 2024, the Court extended the deadlines for the filing of an exhaustion 

motion, the completion of discovery, and the filing of dispositive motions. (Id. at 2-3.) Relevant 

here, the discovery deadline was reset to September 1, 2024, and the dispositive motion deadline 

was reset to November 10, 2024. (Id. at 3.) 

Thereafter, at Plaintiff’s request and in the absence of opposition by Defendants, this 

action was stayed for 90 days beginning January 10, 2024. (See Doc. 44.) On April 10, 2024, the 

Court issued its Order Lifting Previously Imposed Stay of Proceedings. (Doc. 45.) 

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On August 2, 2024, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Order and Motion Request for 45 

Day [Extension] Under Rule 16 with Good Cause to Move the Court.” (Doc. 47.) Plaintiff states 

he underwent emergency bladder surgery at Community Regional Medical Center on July 25, 

2024. (Id.) Plaintiff indicates his present recovery, “as well as his future [surgery],” will affect the 

September 1, 2024, deadline for the completion of discovery. (Id.) Plaintiff states he “will submit 

his discovery report with the documents, the exhibits, and the witnesses noted, for [prosecution]” 

in the event the Court denies his request, or any party should oppose it. (Id.) 

The Court finds a response by Defendants to be unnecessary. 

II. DISCUSSION

The Court will modify the remaining discovery deadlines, extending the deadline for the 

completion of discovery and for the filing of dispositive motions by 45 days. 

Plaintiff is reminded that “[d]iscovery requests and responses shall not be filed with the 

Court unless required” by the Court or by the Local Rules concerning a pending discovery 

motion. (See Doc. 30 at 1.) Therefore, any responses to discovery requests propounded by 

Defendants should be provided to Defendants rather than the Court unless any party files a 

discovery motion. This Court will not serve as a repository for Plaintiff's evidence. Evidence 

should not be submitted to the Court until this action reaches an appropriate stage in litigation for 

the submission of evidence, such as in support of or response to a motion for summary judgment, 

at trial, or when specifically requested by the Court. This matter will not be set for trial until any 

motion for summary judgment is resolved, or, if a summary judgment motion is not filed, until 

after expiration of the dispositive motion filing deadline. 

III. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, for good cause shown, the Court ORDERS:

1. Plaintiff’s request for an extension of the deadline for the completion of discovery

(Doc. 47) is GRANTED; 

2. The Discovery and Scheduling Order is MODIFIED as follows:

a. The deadline for the completion of discovery is extended from September 1, 

2024, to October 16, 2024; and

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b. The dispositive motion deadline is extended from November 10, 2024, to 

December 25, 2024.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 5, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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