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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

KAREEM J. HOWELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. MOKTAR, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:22-cv-0842 DB P

ORDER

Counsel for defendants Childs, Johnson, Troja, and Williamson1has filed a motion for an 

extension of time to file a responsive pleading. (ECF No. 30.) Currently, their responsive 

pleading is due on or before September 19, 2023. (ECF No. 26.) Counsel requests that the 

deadline be extended to November 20, 2023. (ECF No. 30 at 2.) This is counsel’s first request 

for an extension of time for this purpose.

In a supporting declaration, counsel states that they requested plaintiff’s central file and 

medical records to help prepare a responsive pleading but have not yet received all requested 

documents. (Id. at 3.) Additionally, counsel has not been able to confer with each client to 

discuss plaintiff’s allegations. (Id.) Counsel believes that a sixty-day extension of the deadline 

will provide sufficient time to receive the remaining records and confer with defendants Childs, 

Johnson, Troja, and Williamson. (Id.)

1 To date, only one defendant, J. Mokhtar, has not been served. (See ECF Nos. 22, 25.)

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendants Childs, Johnson, Troja, and Williamson’s motion for an extension of time 

(ECF No. 30) is granted; and

2. On or before November 20, 2023, defendants Childs, Johnson, Troja, and Williamson 

shall file a responsive pleading.

Dated: September 14, 2023

DB:15

DB/DB Prisoner Inbox/Civil Rights/R/howe0842.36

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