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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

CHARLES WALTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT

OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:08-cv-00754-LJO-GSA PC

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY

DISCOVERY

(Doc. 66)

Plaintiff Charles Walton, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this

civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on June 20, 2007. This action for damages is

proceeding on Plaintiff’s amended complaint, filed June 30, 2008, against Defendants Ochoa,

Meyers, Chaffer, Tonge, Clendaniel, Miller, Lambert, Haley, Arline, Contreras, and DonDiego on

Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claim arising from unsafe conditions of confinement at Avenal State

Prison. Defendants Ochoa, Meyers, Chaffer, Tonge, Clendaniel, Lambert, Haley, Arline, Contreras,

and DonDiego filed a motion to dismiss on October 16, 2009, and on October 21, 2009, filed a

motion seeking to stay discovery pending resolution of their motion to dismiss. 

In a Findings and Recommendations issued concurrently with this order, the Court

recommended that this action be dismissed based on Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust the available

administrative remedies prior to filing suit. 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). 

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Accordingly, good cause having been shown, Defendants’ motion to stay discovery pending

resolution of their motion to dismiss is HEREBY GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 3, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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