Scherffius v. Smith et al

Filing 52

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 8/28/2017 ORDERING, within 10 days, defendants shall file a response to plaintiff's 51 motion to stay. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL E. SCHERFFIUS,

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No. 2:13-cv-1277 DB P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

CHRISTOPHER SMITH, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights

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action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges defendants were deliberately indifferent to his

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medical needs. Plaintiff moves for a stay of these proceedings based on his current medical

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issues and on medical procedures he will undergo shortly. (ECF No. 51.) Within ten days of the

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filed date of this order, defendants shall file a response.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: August 28, 2017

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/s/ DEBORAH BARNES
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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DLB:9
DLB1/prisoner-civil rights/sche1277.stay resp

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