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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN LELAND COMBS,

Reg. No. 63884298,

Plaintiff,

vs.

NORBERTO RIBAC, U.S. Border Patrol 

Agent; JORGE ARTILES, U.S. Border 

Patrol Agent,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:17-cv-02381-WQH-BGS

ORDER

HAYES, Judge:

On March 7, 2018, this Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed IFP and entered 

a stay of this action pending resolution of Plaintiff’s criminal proceedings in United States 

v. Combs, S.D. Cal. Criminal Case No. 3:17-cr-03026-CAB-1. (ECF No. 7). The Court’s 

March 7, 2018 Order required that Plaintiff file a motion to lift the stay in this matter within 

30 days of the resolution of his criminal case. Id. On December 11, 2018, Plaintiff filed a 

Notice that a verdict was reached in Case No. 3:17-cr-03026-CAB-1, and a Motion for 

Leave to Amend the Complaint. (ECF No. 11).

The Court construes Plaintiff’s December 11, 2018 Notice as a Motion to Lift the 

Stay in this matter and a Motion to Amend. A verdict was reached in Plaintiff’s criminal 

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case, but judgment has not yet been entered in Case No. 3:17-cr-03026-CAB-1. Plaintiff’s 

criminal case has not concluded. Plaintiff’s Motion to Lift the Stay and Motion to Amend

(ECF No. 11) are DENIED. Plaintiff may file a motion to lift the stay in this matter and 

any motion to amend the complaint within 30 days of the Court’s entry of judgment in 

Case No. 3:17-cr-03026-CAB-1. 

Dated: December 17, 2018

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