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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

CLARENCE VERN ELLESBURY,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. FERNANDEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2: 18-cv-2744 KJM KJN P

ORDER

On January 24, 2019, plaintiff filed a document styled, “Plaintiff[’s] Request for Ex Parte 

Motion.” (ECF No. 54.) In his request, plaintiff alleges that defendants have failed or refused to 

provide plaintiff access to witnesses and requested documents, and claims that he requested 

interrogatories on September 6, 2019, but counsel for defendants has not yet responded. 

Plaintiff’s motion appears to be in the nature of a motion to compel discovery responses. 

However, plaintiff failed to append copies of the specific discovery requests or any responses 

thereto. Moreover, discovery closed on January 10, 2020. (ECF No. 49.) Plaintiff’s request was 

signed on January 18, 2020, and presented to prison staff for mailing on January 20, 2020.1 Thus, 

plaintiff’s motion to compel further discovery responses is untimely and is denied.

 

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 Under the “mailbox rule,” when a pro se prisoner gives prison authorities a pleading to mail to 

court, the Court deems the pleading constructively filed on the date it is signed. Roberts v. 

Marshall, 627 F.3d 768, 770 n.1 (9th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted);

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request (ECF No. 54), construed 

as a motion to compel, is denied as untimely.

Dated: January 30, 2020

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