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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ESMELING L. BAHENA,

Plaintiff,

v.

LEMON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-01585-JLT-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE WAIVER 

OF SERVICE OF PROCESS

(ECF No. 32)

Waiver of Service of Process Due: August 9, 

2023

Plaintiff Esmeling L. Bahena (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on 

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendant Mendoza for excessive force and 

deliberate indifference to medical care in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

On June 1, 2023, the Court ordered electronic service on Defendant Mendoza and directed 

the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) to file a Notice of EService Waiver advising the Court which defendant(s) would be waiving service of process 

without the need for personal service. (ECF No. 29.) That order also required the California 

Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) to file, within 30 days from the filing of the Notice of EService Waiver, a separate waiver of service of process for any defendant waiving service under 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d)(1). (Id.) CDCR returned the Notice of E-Service Waiver 

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indicating that Defendant Mendoza intends to waive service on June 9, 2023. (ECF No. 31.) 

Therefore, a waiver of service of process from the OAG for Defendant Mendoza is due on or 

before July 10, 2023.

On July 10, 2023, counsel for the OAG, by special appearance, filed a motion requesting a

thirty-day extension of time to file a waiver of service of process for Defendant Mendoza. (ECF 

No. 32.) Counsel from the OAG states that the extension is necessary to determine whether the 

OAG will be representing Defendant Mendoza in this case. Until that determination is made, the 

OAG is unable to file a waiver of service of process on behalf of Defendant Mendoza. Counsel 

expects a thirty-day extension will allow enough time to determine whether the OAG will be 

representing Defendant Mendoza. (Id.)

Having considered the request, the Court finds that there is good cause to grant an 

extension of time for Defendant Mendoza to file a waiver of service of process. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

6(b). The Court further finds that Plaintiff will not be prejudiced by the brief extension.

Accordingly, the motion for an extension of time, (ECF No. 32), is HEREBY GRANTED. 

Defendant Mendoza shall file a waiver of service of process on or before August 9, 2023.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 10, 2023 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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