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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 Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILL MOSES PALMER, 

Plaintiff,

v.

SHAWN HATTON; et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-358 SI (pr)

ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY 

Defendants have filed a motion to stay discovery pending a decision on their motion for

summary judgment in which they assert entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the

defense of qualified immunity. The U.S. Supreme Court has made it abundantly clear that a

district court should stay discovery until the threshold question of qualified immunity is settled.

See Crawford-El v. Britton, 523 U.S. 574, 598 (1998); Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635,

646 n.6 (1987); Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). Accordingly, the court

GRANTS defendants' motion to stay discovery. (Docket # 88.) All discovery is STAYED until

defendants' motion for summary judgment raising the qualified immunity defense is resolved.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 1, 2007 _____________________

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 3:05-cv-00358-SI Document 90 Filed 05/02/07 Page 1 of 1