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Parties Involved:
Rodriguez
Defendant
Guillermo C. Trujillo
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUILLERMO C. TRUJILLO,

Plaintiff,

v.

RODRIGUEZ, 

Defendant.

No. 1:14-cv-01371 DAD DLB PC

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR DISCOVERY

(Document 47)

Plaintiff Guillermo C. Trujillo (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis in this civil rights action. The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s March 5, 2015, First 

Amended Complaint for violation of the Eighth Amendment against Defendant Rodriguez. 

Defendant Rodriguez’s May 6, 2016, motion for summary judgment based on failure to exhaust is 

pending.

On July 21, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion entitled, “Motion for Discovery.” He appears to 

be requesting permission to engage in discovery and attaches Requests for Production of 

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Plaintiff’s requests are directed at “Defendants Munoz and Rodriguez,” though only Rodriguez is a Defendant in 

this action.

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Discovery is open in this action and Plaintiff does not need Court permission to engage in 

discovery. Plaintiff is advised that all discovery requests must be served on Defendant, and need 

not be filed with this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 22, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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