(PC) Baker v. Lynch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TIMOTHY RAY BAKER, No. 2:19-CV-2617-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 J. HOWARD, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ unopposed motion to compel Plaintiff 19 to provide responses to written discovery and to attend his deposition. See ECF No. 66. 20 The purpose of discovery is to "remove surprise from trial preparation so the 21 parties can obtain evidence…