Hernandez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROBERT CAVAZOS, No. 2:24-cv-0482 AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 C. HERNANDEZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, is proceeding without counsel on this civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court are plaintiff’s motions (1) for a 60-day extension 19 of time to notify the court whether he wants to proceed on the screened complaint or wishes to 20 file an amended complaint, and (2) for appointment of counsel. ECF No. 11. 21 I. Motion for Extension of Time 22 Good cause appearing, the court will grant the motion for a 60-day extension of time to 23 file the “Notice of Election.” The court reminds plaintiff that the deadline to file the “Notice of 24 Election” is not the deadline to file an amended complaint. It is the deadline to inform the court, 25 using the “Notice of Election,” how the plaintiff wants to proceed. Once the court receives the 26 “Notice of Election,” the court will issue…