Williams v. Bell et al

Filing 28

ORDER GRANTING Defendants' Request to Stay Responsive Pleading Deadline Pending Ruling on Defendants' Motion to Declare Plaintiff a Vexatious Litigant 20 , signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 10/27/17. (Hellings, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOHN WESLEY WILLIAMS,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
C. BELL, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:16-cv-01584-AWI-SAB (PC)
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST
TO STAY RESPONSIVE PLEADING DEADLINE
PENDING RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
TO DECLARE PLAINTIFF A VEXATIOUS
LITIGANT
[ECF No. 20]

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Plaintiff John Wesley Williams is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. § 1983.

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On September 18, 2017, Defendants filed a request to stay the responsive pleading deadline

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pending the Court’s ruling on their motion to declare Plaintiff a vexatious litigant. Plaintiff has not

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filed an opposition and the time to do so has passed. Accordingly, Defendants’ request is deemed

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submitted for review without oral argument. Local Rule 230(l).

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Good cause having been presented, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ request to stay

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the current responsive pleading deadline is granted. If Defendants’ vexatious litigant motion is denied,

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Defendants have thirty days thereafter to file a responsive pleading.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

October 27, 2017
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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