Houston v. Eldridge et al

Filing 127

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 1/7/2020 ORDERING within 7 days, plaintiff shall SHOW CAUSE why sanctions should not be imposed for his failure to respond to defendants' motion to stay, and plaintiff shall file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion. The hearing set for 1/9/2020, before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman regarding defendants' motion to stay is VACATED. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WILLIAM HOUSTON,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2: 16-cv-2561 WBS KJN P

v.

ORDER

L. ELDRIDGE, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding through counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant

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to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 5, 2019, defendants filed a motion to stay. (ECF No. 125.)

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Defendants noticed the motion to stay for hearing before the undersigned on January 9, 2020.

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(Id.) Plaintiff has not filed an opposition or otherwise responded to defendants’ motion to stay.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Within seven days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall show cause why sanctions

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should not be imposed for his failure to respond defendants’ motion to stay, and

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plaintiff shall file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion; and

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2. The hearing set for January 9, 2020, before the undersigned regarding defendants’
motion to stay is vacated.

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Dated: January 7, 2020
hou2561.osc

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