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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

ANDREW B. THOMPSON, 

Plaintiff,

v.

MEYER-ZLOKOVICH, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01521-LJO-JLT (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' 

MOTION TO MODIFY THE DISCOVERY 

AND SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. 17)

On July 13, 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment in which they argue 

that Plaintiff failed to exhaust available administrative remedies prior to filing this action. (Doc. 

16.) That same date, Defendants filed a motion seeking to modify the Discovery and Scheduling 

Order. (Doc. 17.) Plaintiff filed neither an opposition, nor objections. 

Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 16(b)(3)(A), district courts must enter scheduling orders to 

establish deadlines for, among other things, to Afile motions@ and Acomplete discovery.@

Scheduling orders may also Aset dates for pretrial conferences and for trial.@ Fed. R. Civ. P. 

16(b)(3)(B)(v). AA schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge=s consent.@

F.R.Civ.P. 16(b)(4). The scheduling order Acontrols the course of the action unless the court 

modifies it.@ F.R.Civ.P. 16(d).

Defendants request the Court vacate the deadlines for discovery and filing dispositive 

motions. Further, they request the Court stay discovery, except as it relates to the exhaustion 

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issue, until after a ruling issues on the motion for summary judgment. Defendants indicate that 

their motion for summary judgment may dispose of all of Plaintiff's claims such that discovery on 

the merits is premature and an unnecessary use of resources at this juncture. 

Accordingly, good cause appearing, the Court ORDERS:

1. The Discovery and Scheduling Order is modified as follows:

a. The deadline for filing dispositive motions and completing discovery is 

VACATED;

b. Discovery, except for that relating to the exhaustion issue, is STAYED

pending ruling on Defendants' motion for summary judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 21, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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