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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFFREY COMER, No. 2:22-cv-00079-TLN-CSK Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SUTTER, et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on the County of Sutter, Sheriff Brandon Barnes, Mark Hylen, Ernesto Chavez, Harrison Eide, and Michael Aguilar’s (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion to Bifurcate. (ECF No. 35.) Plaintiff Jeffrey Comer (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 36.) Defendants filed a reply. (ECF No. 38.) For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate is DENIED. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This case arises from an officer-involved shooting on October 9, 2020, in unincorporated Sutter County near the Feather River. (ECF No. 36 at 3-4.) Sutter County Deputies shot Plaintiff while he was being arrested on an outstanding warrant for attempted murder. (ECF No. 35 at 2.) Plaintiff alleges he was unarmed and riding…