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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRAKASH NARAYAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:19-cv-00466-TLN-CKD PS

(ECF Nos. 36, 37)

Plaintiff's motion to compel, to vacate the court’s prior order, and for sanctions (ECF No. 

36) is currently scheduled for hearing on January 22, 2020. Plaintiff also filed a “motion to 

obtain proof of service” the same day his motion to compel was filed, however, that motion has 

not been scheduled for a hearing. (ECF No. 37.) Local Rule 251(c) contemplates parties drafting 

a joint statement one week before a hearing on discovery motions. The parties apparently did not 

meet and confer, have not provided the court with a joint statement, and plaintiff has not provided 

the court with an affidavit as to why he could not secure the cooperation of defendants, in 

violation of Local Rule 251. Accordingly, to the extent plaintiff seeks to compel discovery 

production the court DENIES plaintiff’s motion without prejudice (ECF No. 36), and VACATES 

the January 22, 2020 hearing. 

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Additionally, the court DENIES plaintiff’s motion (ECF No. 36) to the extent plaintiff 

seeks sanctions and for the court to vacate its June 27, 2019 order. Although difficult to decipher, 

it appears that most of plaintiff’s concerns regarding the June 27, 2019 order were addressed in 

the court’s order denying plaintiff’s motion to disqualify the undersigned. (ECF No. 51.)

To the extent that plaintiff’s motion to obtain proof of service (ECF No. 37) was not 

addressed by the court providing plaintiff with waivers of service at the December 18, 2019 

hearing in this matter (see ECF No. 45), it is DENIED. 

Finally, because plaintiff has filed multiple discovery motions and motions for sanctions 

while defendants’ motions to dismiss have been pending, the court orders discovery to be

STAYED. The court has the inherent power to stay proceedings and manage its own docket. 

See, e.g., Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997) (“The District Court has broad discretion to 

stay proceedings as an incident to its power to control its own docket.”); see also Wenger v. 

Monroe, 282 F3d 1068, 1077 (9th Cir. 2002) (affirming staying discovery pending resolution of 

motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim). Having considered the potential prejudice to 

plaintiff, the likelihood defendants’ motions would significantly limit the case, if not dismiss 

them as parties outright, and the breadth of the discovery plaintiff is requesting, the court orders 

that the parties’ discovery be stayed until the pending motions to dismiss are ruled upon. (ECF 

Nos. 29, 54.) The court will therefore not entertain any further motion to compel discovery 

responses or rule upon any discovery disputes until that time. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s motion to compel, to vacate the court’s prior order, and for sanctions 

(ECF No. 36) is DENIED; 

2. Plaintiff’s motion to obtain proof of service (ECF No. 37) is DENIED; 

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3. The hearing scheduled for January 22, 2020 is VACATED; and

4. Discovery is STAYED until defendants’ motions to dismiss (ECF Nos. 29, 54) are

decided.

Dated: January 16, 2020

16. nara. 466

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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