(PC) Smith v. Parriot et al

Filing 32

ORDER GRANTING Defendants' 31 Ex Parte Application for Extension of Time signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 05/13/2021. Thirty-Day Deadline. (Flores, E)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, 8 Plaintiff, 9 10 11 vs. PARRIOT, et al., Defendants. 12 1:19-cv-00286-NONE-GSA-PC ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (ECF No. 31.) THIRTY DAY DEADLINE TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING 13 Plaintiff, Lawrence Christopher Smith, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 14 pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds 15 with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, filed on September 10, 2020, against defendants 16 Sergeant Andres Cantu, Sergeant Wilfredo Gutierrez, and Correctional Officer J. Mattingly 17 (“Defendants”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 22.) 18 On April 21, 2021, Defendants filed an ex parte application for an extension of time to 19 file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 31.) 20 The Court finds good cause to grant Defendants an extension of time. Accordingly, IT 21 IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants Cantu, Gutierrez, and Mattingly are granted thirty days 22 from the date of service of this order in which to file a responsive pleading to the First Amended 23 Complaint. 24 25 26 27 28 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: May 13, 2021 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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