Peoples

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 TIMOTHY PEOPLES, Case No. 19-cv-05468-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER

v. 10 Re: Dkt. Nos. 134, 135, 139 RAUL MACHUCA, et al., Defendants.

13 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on exhaustion grounds was denied and Defendants later stated that they did not believe the case could be resolved by a summary judgment motion. (dkts. 86, 90). Counsel was appointed for Plaintiff and the case was proceeding towards trial. Counsel for Plaintiff recently withdrew, and Plaintiff again continues pro se. The parties filed a joint stipulation with several discovery and disclosure deadlines. (dkt. 138). The parties shall continue with discovery and disclosures as outlined in the joint stipulation and, a new dispositive deadline date will be provided sixty-days after the close of discovery. Due to the additional discovery, Defendants can file a dispositive motion on the merits, if they choose. …