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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

SEAN JEFFREY RICHSON-BEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

JUAREZ,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00567-ADA-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

SECOND REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING

(ECF No. 24)

Responsive Pleading Due: April 19, 2023

Plaintiff Sean Jeffery Richson-Bey (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and 

in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds against 

Defendant Juarez for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

On September 19, 2022, the Court ordered electronic service on Defendant Juarez and 

directed the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) to file a Notice 

of E-Service Waiver advising the Court which defendant(s) would be waiving service of process 

without the need for personal service. (ECF No. 13.) That order also required the California 

Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) to file, within 30 days from the filing of the Notice of EService Waiver, a separate waiver of service of process for any defendant waiving service under 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d)(1). (Id.) CDCR returned the Notice of E-Service Waiver

indicating that Defendant Juarez intended to waive service on December 5, 2022. (ECF No. 17.) 

An executed waiver of service was filed for Defendant Juarez on January 4, 2023. (ECF No. 18.) 

Pursuant to the Court’s September 19, 2022, order finding service of complaint appropriate and 

directing electronic service, (see ECF No. 13), and the Court’s January 30, 2023 order granting 

Defendant’s first motion for extension of time, Defendant Juarez’s answer or other responsive 

pleading is due on or before March 20, 2023, (ECF No. 20).

Currently before the Court is Defendant’s second motion for extension of time to file

responsive pleading, filed March 15, 2023. (ECF No. 24.) Plaintiff has not had the opportunity 

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to respond to the motion, but the Court finds a response unnecessary. The motion is deemed 

submitted. Local Rule 203(l).

In support of the motion, counsel for Defendant declares that she was assigned to this case 

as soon as she began employment with the office, on January 23, 2023, (ECF No. 24), though the 

Court notes that she was not designated as counsel for service in this action until February 13, 

2023, (ECF No. 21). While counsel has been diligently working on this case, including reviewing 

the complaint, reviewing the court docket, researching the legal claims, and reviewing records 

received from CDCR, counsel is still awaiting additional records from CDCR that are believed to 

be necessary to prepare the appropriate response to the complaint. Once received, counsel will 

need to review those records, speak to Defendant, and prepare and file Defendant’s response to 

the complaint. Defendant requests a further thirty-day extension of time, and the first extension 

of time following the change of counsel of record. (ECF No. 24.)

The Court, having considered the request, finds good cause to grant the requested 

extension of time. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). The Court further finds that Plaintiff will not be 

prejudiced by the brief extension requested here. Counsel is warned that further requests for 

extension of this deadline will be subject to a narrow interpretation of what constitutes good 

cause.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. Defendant’s second request for extension of time to file responsive pleading, (ECF No. 

24), is GRANTED; and

2. Defendant Juarez shall file and serve a response to the complaint on or before April 19, 

2023.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 16, 2023 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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