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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

KEVIN E. FIELDS,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

P. PATTERSON, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:10-cv-01700-LJO-GSA-PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO WITHDRAW MOTION TO 

CONDUCT FURTHER DISCOVERY TO 

OPPOSE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(Doc. 58.)

ORDER WITHDRAWING MOTIONS

FROM COURT’S CALENDAR

(Docs. 38, 52.)

Kevin E. Fields (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on 

September 17, 2010. (Doc. 1.) This action now proceeds on the First Amended Complaint 

filed on May 31, 2013, on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims against defendant Correctional 

Officer P. Patterson for use of excessive force.1 (Doc. 16.) 

On March 23, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion for the court “to disregard [his] request for 

modification of discovery and scheduling order to conduct and complete discovery to oppose 

 

1On February 12, 2015, the court dismissed Plaintiff’s state law claims against defendants Molina and Finley and 

retaliation claims against defendants Patterson and Molina, on Plaintiff’s Rule 41 motion to dismiss. (Doc. 51.) The court also 

dismissed defendants Molina and Finley from this action, based on the dismissal of all of the claims against them. (Id.) On 

March 12, 2014, the Court previously dismissed all other claims and defendants from this action, under Rule 18(a) or for 

Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim. (Doc. 24.)

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summary judgment and possibly prepare for trial.” (Doc. 58.) Plaintiff explains that his 

primary care provider has increased his medications, causing him to experience disorientation 

and some short term memory loss. For this reason, Plaintiff seeks to withdraw his motion and 

proceed to file an opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, which is due on 

April 20, 2015.

Two motions by Plaintiff requesting further discovery are pending. The first motion, 

filed on October 30, 2014, seeks an order deferring the court’s ruling on Defendants’ motion 

for partial summary judgment pending completion of discovery. (Doc. 38.) The second 

motion, filed on February 12, 2015, seeks a ninety-day extension of the deadline to conduct 

discovery, to oppose summary judgment and possibly prepare for jury trial. (Doc. 52.) In both 

motions, Plaintiff seeks to conduct further discovery to oppose Defendants’ motion for 

summary judgment. Based on the foregoing, the court finds good cause to grant Plaintiff’s 

motion and withdraw the two pending motions from the court’s calendar.

Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to withdraw, filed on March 23, 2015, is GRANTED; 

and

2. Plaintiff’s motions filed on October 30, 2014 and February 12, 2015 are 

WITHDRAWN from the court’s calendar.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 26, 2015 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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