Pinchback

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEREK MATTHEWS, No. 2:22-cv-1329 DJC CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DEMITA PINCHBACK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeding through counsel, filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants A. Tout and B. Sysombath are employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), and referred to herein as “CDCR defendants.” CDCR defendants renewed their application1 for leave to file an early motion for summary judgment on exhaustion grounds and to stay all discovery other than discovery directly related to the issues of exhaustion. (ECF No. 94.) Plaintiff does not oppose litigating an early summary judgment motion that would resolve the CDCR defendants’ first 24 Though CDCR defendants have labeled this request as an “ex parte” request, it is not an ex 25 parte request. “Ex parte” is defined as “[d]one or made at the instance and for the benefit of…