THIRD AMENDED DISCOVERY and SCHEDULING ORDER

JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1, 16, and 26-36, discovery shall proceed as follows:

1. Discovery requests shall be served by the parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5 and Local Rule 135 and shall only be filed when required by Local Rules 250.2, 250.3, and 250.4.

2. Responses to written discovery requests shall be due 45 days after the request is first served.

3. Responses to document requests shall include all documents within a party's possession, custody, or control. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(a)(1). Documents are deemed within a party's possession, custody, or control if the party has actual possession, custody, or control thereof, or the legal right to obtain the property on demand.

4. The parties are limited to 25 interrogatories as permitted by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33, 25 requests for admission made according to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36, and 25 requests to produce made according to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34. The parties are required to act in good faith during the course of discovery and are reminded that failure to do so may result in the imposition of sanctions.

5. To ensure that the responding party has 45 days after the request is first served to respond, discovery requests must be served at least 45 days before the discovery deadline. The parties may wish to serve discovery requests well in advance of the discovery deadline because all motions to compel must be filed on or before the discovery deadline.

6. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2)(B), Defendants may depose Plaintiff and any other witness confined in a prison upon condition that, at least 14 days before such a deposition, Defendants serve all parties with the notice required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(1).

7. If disputes arise about the parties' obligations to respond to requests for discovery, the parties shall comply with all pertinent rules including Rules 5, 7, 11, 26, and 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rules 110, 130, 131, 133, 135, 142, 144, and 230(l) of the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California. Unless otherwise ordered both Local Rule 251 and the requirement set forth in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 and 37 that a party seeking relief from the court certify that he or she has in good faith conferred or attempted to confer with the other party or person in an effort to resolve the dispute prior to seeking court action shall not apply. However, voluntary compliance with this provision of Rules 26 and 37 is encouraged. A discovery motion that does not comply with all applicable rules will be stricken and may result in imposition of sanctions.

Further:

8. The parties are advised that the deadline for the completion of all discovery, including filing motions to compel, is July 22, 2016;

9. The deadline for filing pre-trial dispositive motions is August 22, 2016;1

10. A request for an extension of a deadline set in this order must be filed on or before the expiration of the deadline in question; and

11. Extensions of time will only be granted on a showing of good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED.