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A pp ea l fr om the U ni t ed S t at es D i stri ctC ou rt f o rth e C e n tr a l D is tr ic t o f C a lif o rn ia J ohn A . K r ons t a dt , D i s tr i c tJ udge , P r e s i di ng S ubm i tt e d J ul y24, 2013 ** B efo re: A L A R C Ó N , C L IF T O N , an d C A L L A H A N , C i rcu i tJu d g es. J e s s e L . Y oungbl ood, aC a l i f orni as t a t e pr i s one r , appe a l s pr o s e f r om the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s j udgm e ntdi s m i s s i ng hi s 42 U . S . C . § 1983 a c t i on a l l e gi ng c rue l a nd unus ua l puni s hm e nt . W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on unde r28 U . S . C . § 1291. W e r e vi e w f or 

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v. B la n d f o rd , 912 F . 2d 270, 275 ( 9th C i r . 1990) , a nd f orf a i l ur e t o c om pl yw i th a c o u rt o r d e r , A s h v . Cv e tkov , 739 F . 2d 493, 495 ( 9th C i r . 1984) . W e va c a t e a nd r e m a nd. D i sm i ss al of Y ou ng bl oo d’ s a ct i on for f ai l ure t o eff

ec tse rvi ce w as prem ature a s Y o u n g b lo o d s h o u ld h a v e b e e n g iv e n a n o p p o rtu n ityto id e n tif yth e d e f e n d a n ts th r o u g h lim ite d d is c o v e ry . Se e G illes p ie v . C iv ile tti , 62 9 F . 2d 63 7, 64 2 (9th C i r. 19 80 ) ( ho l di ng thatw here a pl ai nt i ff i s unaw ar e of the i dent i ty of a l l eged defe nd ant s, “ pl ai nt i ff

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e nda nt s , unl e s s i ti s c l e a rtha tdi s c ove ryw oul d notunc ove rthe id e n titie s o rth a t th e c o m p la in t w o u ld b e d is m is s e d o n o th e rg r o u n d s ” ) ; see a l so Fe d . R. Ci v . P. 4 5 ( p e rmi tt i n g th i r d p a rtys u b p o e n a s ) ; Fe d . R. Ci v . P. 26 (d) ( proh i bi t i ng di sc ov ery pri or t o a R ul e 26(f) confere nce e xcept“ w hen au th o r iz e d . . . b y c o u rt o r d e r ” ) . T o the e xt e nttha tthe di s tr i c tc ourtdi s m i s s e d Y oungbl ood’ s a c t i on w i thout p r e ju d ic e f o rf a ilu r e to c o m p lyw ith ac o u rt o r d e r , th e d is tr ic t c o u rt ab u s e d its d is c r e tio n b e c au s e th e c o u rt f a ile d to c o n s id e rle s s d r a s tic a lte rn a tiv e s . See P a g ta lu n a n v. G a la za , 2 9 1 F .3 d 6 3 9 , 6 4 3 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 2 ) ( lis tin g f a c to r s to c ons i de rbe f

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or e the di s tr i c tc ourton r e m a nd. V AC AT E D A ND RE MAND E D.