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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 

MICHAEL A. CRAIG, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GENA JONES, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:22-cv-01874 DAD AC 

ORDER 

 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court is plaintiff’s second motion to compel 

discovery. ECF No. 16. However, a review of the docket in this case indicates that plaintiff’s 

first amended complaint, received on May 11, 2023, is still pending screening by the court. See 

28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). Since no defendant has been served with the amended complaint, the 

court has not issued a discovery and scheduling order in this case. The court previously explained 

this procedure by order dated May 25, 2023 when it denied plaintiff’s first motion to compel as 

premature. ECF No. 9 at 2. Since discovery in this case has not yet opened, the motion to 

compel will be denied as premature. 

Plaintiff is cautioned against filing repetitive non-dispositive motions because it slows 

down the court’s screening of the amended complaint. In the event that plaintiff disregards this 

admonition, the court will limit plaintiff’s filings in this case. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to compel (ECF No. 16) 

is denied as premature. 

DATED: February 13, 2024 

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