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Parties Involved:
J. Andres
Defendant
Derek Tate
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEREK TATE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

J. ANDRES, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:18-cv-0822 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff has filed a motion to extend the time for discovery, ECF No. 46, and copies of 

letters to defendant’s counsel related to the production of documents, ECF No. 45. 

 Discovery in this matter closed on January 17, 2020, ECF No. 26, and plaintiff seeks to 

extend discovery to February 17, 2020, ECF No. 46. In his motion, plaintiff requests that 

discovery be extended in order to allow him to obtain the documents he seeks in his motion to 

compel. Id. The motion will be denied. In the event that plaintiff’s motion to compel is granted, 

the court will re-open discovery, as necessary, to accommodate the production of documents as 

ordered. 

Plaintiff has also filed copies of letters to defense counsel that appear to deal with attempts 

to resolve the discovery dispute at issue in the motion to compel. ECF No. 45. These documents 

will therefore be construed as exhibits to the motion to compel. Plaintiff is cautioned that in the 

future, exhibits should be attached to the motion that they are intended to support. He is further 

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advised that he should not file letters between himself and defense counsel unless those letters are 

being used as an exhibit. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time, ECF No. 46, is denied. 

2. Plaintiff’s letters to defense counsel, ECF No. 45, are construed as exhibits to his 

motion to compel, ECF No. 41. 

DATED: January 24, 2020 

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