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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL R. FRANCE, Case No. C 20-418 WHA (PR)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT; GRANTING

v. MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY;

GRANTING MOTION TO

RON BLOOMFIELD; ARNOLD; SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL; DENYING

KING; LAJUN, MOTION TO AMEND ANSWER

11 Defendants. (ECF Nos. 12, 13, 14, 18) 12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California state prisoner at San Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”), filed this pro se civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that San Quentin officials interfered with his access to the courts by confiscating his legal paperwork, and were deliberately indifferent to his safety and medical needs by transferring COVID-positive prisoners to San Quentin and refusing to treat his asthma and hepatitis C. The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) filed on December 11, 2020, is the operative complaint. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff filed…