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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

BRYAN D. DENTON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

PULIDO, et al., 

 Defendants.

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Case No. 1:13-cv-00017-AWI-BAM PC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO STAY WITHOUT PREJUDICE

(ECF No. 37)

Discovery Deadline: June 29, 2015

Dispositive Motion Deadline: September 1, 

2014

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Plaintiff Bryan D. Denton (“Plaintiff”) is a former county jail inmate proceeding pro se 

and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action 

currently proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed on January 2, 2014, against 

Defendant Pulido for excessive force in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Defendant 

Pulido answered the amended complaint on April 25, 2014.

On April 29, 2014, the Court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 22.) 

Pursuant to that order, the deadline to complete discovery is December 29, 2014, and the 

deadline to file dispositive motions is March 9, 2015. All other deadlines have passed. 

On November 5, 2014, Plaintiff filed the instant motion requesting that this action be held 

in abeyance until May 2015. Plaintiff explains that he was transferred to a prison in Tracy, 

California on September 24, 2014, and will remain there for approximately 4 to 6 months. His 

legal papers were taken from him on October 16, 2014, and he receives law library access for 

only one hour each month. (ECF No. 37.) 

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On December 3, 2014, the Court directed Defendant Pulido to file an opposition or a 

statement of non-opposition to the motion within twenty-one days. (ECF No. 38.) 

On December 9, 2014, Defendant Pulido filed a statement of non-opposition to Plaintiff’s 

motion for stay of this action. Defendant Pulido requests that the Court extend the deadlines for 

discovery and dispositive motions consistent with a stay of this action to May 2015. 

At this juncture, the Court does not find a stay of this action appropriate. There is no 

indication that Plaintiff is unable to pursue factual discovery with limited law library access or in 

the absence of his legal papers. Nonetheless, the Court finds good cause to extend the relevant 

Discovery and Scheduling Order deadlines for 180 days to accommodate Plaintiff’s transfer, lack 

of materials and limited law library access. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). As necessary and 

appropriate, the parties may seek modification of these dates upon a showing of good cause. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for stay, filed on November 5, 2014, is DENIED without prejudice;

2. The relevant discovery and dispositive motion deadlines in the Discovery and 

Scheduling Order issued on April 29, 2014, shall be extended one-hundred fifty (180) 

days;

3. The deadline to complete discovery, including filing motions to compel discovery, is 

extended from December 29, 2014, to June 29, 2015;

4. The deadline to file dispositive motions (other than a motion for summary judgment 

for failure to exhaust) is extended from March 9, 2015, to September 1, 2015; and

5. A request for an extension of a deadline set in this order must be filed on or before the 

expiration of the deadline in question and will only be granted upon a showing of 

good cause. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 10, 2014 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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