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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

AKIVA AVIKAIDA ISRAEL,

Plaintiff,

v.

RABBI SHMARY, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:21-cv-00262-TLN-EFB (PC)

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court are plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to 

respond to defendants’ interrogatories and request for production (ECF No. 58) and plaintiff’s 

motion to conduct a deposition (ECF No. 59). 

Plaintiff requests a thirty-day extension of time to respond to defendants’ interrogatories 

and request for production of documents. See ECF No. 58 at 1 (alleging she needs more time due 

to a recent cancer diagnosis causing her duress and requiring a “battery of baseline assessment 

examinations”). After reviewing plaintiff’s request, and good cause appearing, plaintiff’s request 

is granted. Plaintiff shall have an additional thirty days, or until December 2, 2022, to respond to 

defendants’ interrogatories and request for production of documents.

Plaintiff also requests leave to conduct the deposition of non-party witness clinician, S. 

Jacques. ECF No. 59. Plaintiff does not need court permission to depose a witness who is not 

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incarcerated, and her motion is therefore denied as unnecessary. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(B), 

31(a)(2)(B). Should plaintiff pursue a deposition, the court notes that she must bear all associated 

costs, regardless of her in forma pauperis status. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s request for an extension of time to respond to defendants’ interrogatories 

and request for production of documents (ECF No. 58) is granted and plaintiff shall 

have until December 2, 2022 to respond; and

2. Plaintiff’s request for leave to conduct a deposition of non-party witness clinician, S. 

Jacques (ECF No. 59) is denied as unnecessary. 

Dated: November 2, 2022. 

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