Jones v. Kuppinger et al

Filing 74

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 02/03/16 ordering plaintiff's motion 73 is denied without prejudice. This action is stayed until appointment of counsel has been secured for plaintiff. The parties are directed to refrain from engaging in any further contact concerning this action until further order of this court. (Plummer, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HENRY A. JONES, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:13-cv-0451 WBS AC P v. ORDER P. KUPPINGER, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 17 18 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed December 3, 2015, this court granted 19 plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel, initially for the limited purpose of conducting a 20 mandatory settlement conference. See ECF No. 72. The court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution 21 Coordinator is currently attempting to locate an attorney willing to accept this appointment. Currently pending is plaintiff’s “Object[ion] to Defendants’ Supplemental Responses and 22 23 Interrogatories,” ECF No. 73 (entitled “Motion to Stay Discovery and Objections” by the Clerk of 24 Court), prepared with the assistance of another inmate. This filing challenges the fact and content 25 of Defendant Moore’s Supplemental Response to Plaintiff’s Interrogatories, Set Two, served on 26 January 20, 2016 (see id. at 4-7); identifies additional pertinent medical records (see id. at 8-9, 27 12-5); and provides a copy of defendants’ January 8, 2016 letter proposing a counteroffer to 28 //// 1 1 plaintiff’s settlement demands made August 24, 2015 and November 16, 2015 (see id. at 10-11), 2 which plaintiff asserts is insulting. 3 For good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 4 1. Plaintiff’s “motion,” ECF No. 73, is denied without prejudice; 5 2. This action is stayed until appointment of counsel has been secured for plaintiff; and 6 3. The parties are directed to refrain from engaging in any further contact concerning this 7 action until further order of this court. 8 DATED: February 3, 2016 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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