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Parties Involved:
S. Honnold
Defendant
Vance Edward Johnson
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VANCE EDWARD JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. HONNOLD,

Defendant.

1:15-cv-01118-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING 

ORDER

(ECF No. 35)

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 

complaint against Defendant S. Honnold for medical indifference in violation of the 

Eighth Amendment.

Pending before the Court is Defendant’s July 8, 2016, motion to modify the 

Court’s Discovery and Scheduling Order, specifically the July 19, 2016, deadline for filing 

a motion for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Defendant so 

moves on the ground that new counsel recently substituted in; Defendant is awaiting 

discovery responses from Plaintiff that will inform the investigation and provide grounds 

for an exhaustion motion; and a necessary declarant in Defendant’s exhaustion motion, 

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the Custodian of Records for the Office of Appeals, is unavailable from July 18 through 

July 29, 2016. Good cause appearing, Defendant’s motion will be granted. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 16(b)(4).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant’s motion to modify the scheduling order (ECF No. 35) is 

GRANTED;

2. The April 19, 2016, Discovery and Scheduling Order (ECF No. 28) is amended 

to allow Defendant to file a motion for summary judgment for failure to exhaust 

administrative remedies on or before August 18, 2016. All other dates shall 

remain the same.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 16, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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