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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEVONTE B. HARRIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. ARDEN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-00818-ADA-CDB (PC) 

ORDER LIFTING PREVIOUSLY 

IMPOSED STAY

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE 

COURT TO ISSUE DISCOVERY AND 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

(Doc. 26) 

Plaintiff Devonte B. Harris is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. 

This matter proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment excessive force claims against Defendants 

Arden, Gamboa, Garcia, Pasillas and Perez, and First Amendment retaliation claims against 

Defendants Arden, Gamboa, Garcia and Pasillas. 

I. RELEVANT PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On July 7, 2023, this Court issued its Order Referring Case to Post-Screening ADR and 

Staying Case for 90 Days. (Doc. 23.) Specifically, the Court ordered the parties to file notice, 

within 45 days, indicating whether they believed an early settlement conference would be 

productive in this matter. (Id. at 2.) 

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On August 18, 2023, Defendants filed a motion1indicating they did not believe an early 

settlement conference would be productive and seeking to opt out of early ADR. (Doc. 26.) 

Because Defendants do not believe an early settlement conference would be productive, 

the Court will lift the previously imposed stay and issue a discovery and scheduling order. 

II. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The previously imposed 90-day stay of this is action is LIFTED; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to issue a discovery and scheduling order in 

this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 21, 2023 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 A motion is not necessary. When any party believes an early settlement conference would not be 

productive, filing the completed notice form provided by the Court (here, contemporaneous with its July 7, 

2023 order) and indicating same, the Court will take the action it is taking here: lifting the previously 

imposed stay and directing the issuance of a discovery and scheduling order. 

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