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Parties Involved:
Davis
Defendant
Donald Davis
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD DAVIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

DAVIS,

Defendant.

No. 2:11-cv-3241 WBS CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a California prisoner proceeding pro se with an action for violation of civil 

rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant Davis has filed a motion asking that the court compel 

plaintiff to provide further responses to defendant’s interrogatories 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22 and 23. 

Plaintiff has not filed an opposition to defendant’s motion. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant’s November 15, 2013 motion to compel (ECF No. 41) is granted.

2. Plaintiff shall provide further responses to defendant’s interrogatories 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 

14, 22 and 23 within 21 days. Failure to provide further responses, or providing incomplete or 

evasive responses may result in dismissal of this action. Simply referring counsel for defendant 

to a document or documents, as plaintiff did in his original responses, instead of actually 

answering an interrogatory is generally an incomplete and evasive response.

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3. Defendant’s request that plaintiff be sanctioned is denied. However, the court will

revisit defendant’s request if plaintiff’s supplemental responses are incomplete, evasive or 

otherwise made in bad faith.

4. Any further motion to compel with respect to defendant’s interrogatories 3, 9, 11, 12, 

13, 14, 22 and 23 must be filed no later than 14 days following service of plaintiff’s supplemental 

responses.

Dated: January 6, 2014

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davi3241.mtc

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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