Michael Manjeet Singh v. Warden Pheiffer, et al.

Summary

This is a discovery order issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in Singh v. Pheiffer. The order requires the parties to exchange specified documents and evidence, establishes deadlines for production and objections, and provides procedures for responding to objections.

Holdings

1. The district court may enter a pretrial case-management and discovery order requiring the parties to disclose relevant documents and evidence beyond the disclosures otherwise required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a).
2. Each party must produce, within sixty days after service of the order, existing relevant documents and evidence within the party's possession, custody, or control that have not already been produced or provided by the opposing party; materials obtained later must be produced within thirty days.
3. A party may object to producing a listed document or item by filing and serving an objection within the applicable deadline, and opposing parties have fourteen days to respond; objections based on official-information privilege must follow the procedures in the scheduling order.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should require the parties to exchange documents and evidence central to the prisoner civil-rights dispute without awaiting formal discovery requests.
2. What procedures and deadlines should govern objections to the ordered disclosures and the production of subsequently obtained materials.

Disposition

other