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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ETUATE SEKONA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ZEPP,

Defendant.

Case No.: 1:18-cv-01065-LJO-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR AN 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A WAIVER 

OF SERVICE OF PROCESS (E-SERVICE)

(ECF No. 30)

Plaintiff Etuate Sekona 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 is proceeding on Plaintiff’s first 

amended complaint against Defendant Zepp for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs 

in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 26.)

Currently before the Court is the California Attorney General’s Office’s request for an 

extension of time to permit Defendant Zepp to file his waiver of service of process, filed on 

January 2, 2020. (ECF No. 30.) The Attorney General’s Office states that an extension of time is 

necessary because it is still in the process of analyzing whether it can represent Defendant Zepp 

in this matter and, if it determines that it cannot represent Defendant Zepp, the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will need time to determine if outside counsel will 

be provided to Defendant Zepp. 

Having considered the request by the California Attorney General’s Office, the Court 

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finds that there is good cause to grant an extension of time for Defendant Zepp to file a waiver of 

service of process. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Accordingly, the motion for an extension of time for 

Defendant Zepp to file a waiver of service of process, (ECF No. 30), is HEREBY GRANTED. 

Defendant Zepp shall file a waiver of service of process on or before January 16, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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