(PC) Vargas v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOMINIC (AKA DIAMOND) VARGAS, Case No.: 1:20-cv-000083-JLT-CDB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS

v. (Doc. 63) CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al.,

Defendants. 17 Plaintiff Dominic Vargas is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s claims under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. I. INTRODUCTION On June 27, 2024, Defendants moved for a stay of these proceedings. (Doc. 63.) Plaintiff filed an opposition on July 22, 2024. (Doc. 67.) Defendants’ Motion Defendants argue a stay of these proceedings for 120 days “or whatever length of time the Court deems appropriate” will allow time for Plaintiff to submit to phalloplasty preoperative procedures, including a hysterectomy. (Doc. 63 at 5.) Following that procedure, Defendants indicate they would provide the Court with an…