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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

RICHARD M. SANSONE, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

J.C. THOMAS,

 Defendant.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01942-DAD-EPG-PC

ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING 

ADOPTION OF FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS

Plaintiff Richard M. Sansone is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 

civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 14, 2016, Defendant filed a Motion for 

Summary Judgment asserting that Plaintiff had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before 

filing suit. (ECF No. 43.) On November 17, 2016, the Court conducted an evidentiary hearing on the 

issue of administrative exhaustion. The Court issued findings and recommendations recommending 

that Plaintiff’s case be dismissed for a failure to exhaust administrative remedies on December 7, 

2016. (ECF No. 83.) Plaintiff was given thirty days to file any objections to the findings and 

recommendations and the findings and recommendations were referred to District Judge Dale A. 

Drozd for review.

Plaintiff currently has two motions pending: a discovery motion (ECF No. 56) and a motion to 

amend his complaint (ECF No. 71). The Court has set a discovery status conference set for January 25, 

2017 and the non-expert discovery cutoff date in this case is February 14, 2017. Based on the outcome 

of the evidentiary hearing and the Court’s findings and recommendations, the Court STAYS discovery 

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in this case pending the review of the findings and recommendations by the District Judge. The Court 

also VACATES the discovery status conference currently set for January 25, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. The 

status conference and any other currently pending discovery deadlines will be reset, if necessary, after 

the District Judge issues an order adopting or rejecting the Court’s findings and recommendations.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 8, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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