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Parties Involved:
D. Castillo
Defendant
Edward D. Gilmore
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD D. GILMORE,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. CASTILLO,

Defendant.

No. 1:21-cv-00617 JLT GSA (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

RESPOND TO DEFENDANT’S REQUEST 

FOR ADMISSIONS (MOTION TO MODIFY 

SCHEDULING ORDER)

(ECF No. 34)

ORDER VACATING CURRENT 

DISCOVERY END, MOTION TO COMPEL,

AND PRETRIAL MOTION DEADLINES

(See ECF No. 32 at 6)

PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSES TO 

DEFENDANT’S REQUEST FOR 

ADMISSIONS DUE JANUARY 31, 2025

MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY DUE 

MARCH 14, 2025

PRETRIAL MOTIONS DUE MAY 16, 2025

Plaintiff has filed a motion for a sixty-to-ninety-day extension of time to file responses to 

Defendant’s requests for admissions. ECF No. 34. The Court herein construes the motion as a 

motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order. See generally ECF No. 32 (discovery and 

scheduling order).

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In support of the motion, Plaintiff states that recently he has been placed in administrative 

segregation. ECF No. 34 at 1. As a result, he has no access to his legal paperwork. Id. In 

addition, Plaintiff states that he is in the process of possibly being transferred to a different prison. 

Id. These facts, Plaintiff asserts, mean that he will need additional time to get his property and 

properly respond to Defendant’s requests. Id.

Good cause appearing, Plaintiff’s request will be granted and the current discovery and 

scheduling order will be modified. The current discovery end, motion to compel, and pretrial 

motion deadline dates will be vacated and new dates will be issued. However, given the fact that 

Although Plaintiff’s request to modify the discovery and scheduling order only relates to 

responding to Defendant’s requests for admissions, it appears that the larger part of discovery has 

been completed between the parties. This presumption by the Court,

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coupled with the fact that 

this case is one of the older ones on the Court’s docket, leads the Court to shorten the typical

deadlines for motions to compel and pretrial motions. Doing so will facilitate the efficient 

movement of this case forward towards disposition.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to modify the discovery and scheduling order (ECF No. 34) is 

GRANTED;

2. Plaintiff shall have sixty days from the date of this order – until January 31, 2025 –

to provide responses to Defendant’s requests for admissions;

3. The current motion to compel, discovery end, and pretrial motion dates (see ECF No. 

32 at 6) (discovery and scheduling order) are hereby VACATED;

4. The new due date for the end of discovery with respect to: (a) Plaintiff’s response to 

Defendant’s requests for admissions, and (b) motions to compel is March 14, 2025;

5. The new due date for pretrial motions (except motions to compel and motions directly 

related to trial proceedings) is May 16, 2025.

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 If this presumption is incorrect, the parties shall immediately inform the Court.

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All other directives in the discovery and scheduling order are to remain in full force 

and effect.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 2, 2024 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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