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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441cv Removal- Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAI COLLIER,

Plaintiffs,

Case No. 19-cv-1599-BAS-RBM

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION TO STAY 

PROCEEDINGS

[ECF No. 21]

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.

Defendants.

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Kai Collier and Defendants J. Romero, 

J. Huerta, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Joint 

Motion to Stay Proceedings and Modify the Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 21.) Due 

to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the parties’ attorneys are having difficulty 

complying with the scheduling order. Counsel are unable to go into the office to

work and are attempting to work remotely. Defendants’ counsel also is experiencing 

delays obtaining documents and information from CDCR. Accordingly, the parties 

move to stay all deadlines in the scheduling order.

A scheduling order may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and

by leave of Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 

975 F.2d 604, 609 (describing the factors a court should consider in ruling on such a 

motion). The Court finds good cause to modify the scheduling order. The Court 

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GRANTS the Joint Motion. All dates set forth in the scheduling order (ECF No. 20)

are STAYED. As stipulated, 30 days from the date of this order, and then every 30 

days thereafter, the parties are to file a joint report updating the Court on their current

working conditions and abilities to properly litigate this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 24, 2020

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