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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

MICHAEL MALDONADO,

Plaintiff,

v.

SANDRA ALFARO, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE No. 1:15-cv-00836-DAD-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO MODIFY 

DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING ORDER

(ECF No. 38)

Dispositive Motion Deadline: March 15, 

2017

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s 

second amended complaint against Defendant Padilla for excessive force in violation of 

the Eighth Amendment. The allegations arise out of a May 15, 2014 incident in which 

Padilla allegedly attacked Plaintiff without provocation.

The dispositive motion deadline in this matter expired on October 17, 2016. (ECF 

No. 19.) Prior to the expiration of that deadline, Defendant filed the instant motion to 

modify the discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 38.) Defendant seeks an extension 

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of the dispositive motion deadline in light of ongoing discovery disputes that may reveal 

potentially dispositive evidence. Plaintiff filed no opposition.

Defendant has presented good cause for an extension of the dispositive motion 

deadline. Accordingly, the motion is HEREBY GRANTED, and the deadline for filing 

dispositive motions is extended to and including March 15, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 14, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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