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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

KEVIN E. FIELDS,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

P. PATTERSON, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:10-cv-01700-LJO-EPG-PC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR STAY

(ECF No. 82.)

I. BACKGROUND

Kevin E. Fields ("Plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action now proceeds with the 

First Amended Complaint filed on May 31, 2013, against defendant Correctional Officer P. 

Patterson (“Defendant”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. 

(ECF No. 16.)

On November 12, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to stay this action. (ECF No. 82.)

II. MOTION FOR STAY

Plaintiff requests the Court to stay this action because he is scheduled to be transferred 

to another prison and will lack access to his personal and legal property for up to ninety days. 

The Court does not lightly stay litigation, due to the possibility of prejudice to defendants, and 

here, a stay of the proceedings is not Plaintiff’s only remedy. 

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Plaintiff’s only pending Court deadlines in this case are to file responses to Defendant’s 

motion for summary judgment of August 7, 2015, and Defendant’s motion for an order 

requiring security from vexatious litigant of August 13, 2015. The Court issued orders on 

October 16, 2015 and November 13, 2015, granting Plaintiff granted extensions of time to file 

these responses, and the deadlines have not expired. (ECF Nos. 79, 81.) If Plaintiff requires 

additional time to meet these deadlines, he should file a motion for extension of time before the 

expiration of the deadlines. The Court regularly grants extensions of time for good cause.

III. CONCLUSION

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for stay, filed on 

November 12, 2015, is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16, 2015 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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