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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 1:23-cv-00054-KES-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF

v. (Doc. No. 86) J. BARRIOS, et al.,

Defendants. 16 On April 15, 2024, Plaintiff Durrell Anthony Puckett filed a Motion for Summary Judgment on his Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement and Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claims. (Doc. No. 82, “MSJ”). On May 1, 2024, Defendants filed a Motion to Stay Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Extend the Time to File an Exhaustion-Based Motion for Summary Judgment. (Doc. No. 86, “Motion”). Defendant asks the Court to stay all deadlines on Plaintiff’s MSJ because Defendants have only recently appeared in this action, more than five months remain in discovery, and Defendants have had no meaningful opportunity to conduct discovery including deposing Plaintiff. (See generally id.). Defendants also request the Court extend the deadline for filing an…