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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

LARRY WILLIAM CORTINAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLVIN, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:21-cv-02291-CKD P

ORDER

 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 14, 2023, the court granted defendants’ 

motion to modify the Discovery and Scheduling Order by vacating the April 21, 2023 discovery 

cutoff and July 14, 2023 dispositive motions deadlines pending resolution of defendants’ motion 

for misjoinder. ECF No. 35. 

Defendants filed a second motion on May 5, 2023 seeking to stay the responsive deadline 

for discovery, or, in the alternative a 45 day extension of time to respond to plaintiff’s discovery 

requests. ECF No. 39. In support of the motion, defendants indicate that a stay will “promote 

judicial economy and conserve party and court resources, as Defendants’ pending motion for 

misjoinder of parties and severance of claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21 may 

narrow the parties or claims in this action. ECF No. 39 at 5. Plaintiff filed an opposition to the 

motion challenging defense counsel’s affidavit in support of the motion on the basis that it 

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contains misleading information. ECF No. 42. 

In light of the delay in resolving defendants’ motion for misjoinder and in the interests of 

promoting judicial economy, the court grants the motion to stay all discovery in this case pending 

resolution of defendants’ motion for misjoinder. ECF No. 39. Discovery deadlines will be reset 

as necessary upon resolution of the motion. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants’ motion to stay (ECF No. 39) is 

granted to the extent reflected in this order.

Dated: June 20, 2023

12/cort2291.stay.disco

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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