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Parties Involved:
Luis Echeverria
Plaintiff
Janet Tennison
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUIS ECHEVERRIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

JANET TENNISON, 

Defendant.

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CASE NO. CV-F-04-6642 REC LJO P

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

TO STAY ACTION AND GRANTING

PLAINTIFF AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO

FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT 

(Doc. 16)

Plaintiff Luis Echeverria (“plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 18, 2005, the court dismissed

plaintiff’s complaint and ordered plaintiff to file an amended complaint within thirty days. On April

18, 2005, plaintiff filed a request for an enlargement of time until he is released from custody. 

Plaintiff fails to state in his request when he is being released from custody. Unless

plaintiff’s release is imminent, the request amounts to one for a stay of this action, which the court

cannot grant. Plaintiff filed this action and is responsible for prosecuting it. The court will grant

plaintiff a thirty-day extension of time to comply with the court’s order. In the alternative, if plaintiff

wishes to file a notice of voluntary dismissal in response to this order, he may do so and this action

will be dismissed without prejudice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1).

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Accordingly, plaintiff’s request for a stay of this action is DENIED. Plaintiff is GRANTED

an extension of thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order within which to file an

amended complaint in compliance with the court’s order of March 18, 2005.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 19, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

i0d3h8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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