Newsom
(PC) Fenix v. Newsom
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 DAVIN FENIX, No. 1:24-cv-00202-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO STAY MERITS-BASED
v. DISCOVERY AND VACATE DEADLINES GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., (ECF No. 38)
Defendants. 14 15 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action filed pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983.
17 Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to stay merits-based discovery and 18 vacate the dispositive motion deadline, filed April 11, 2025. (ECF No. 38.) 19 The Court is vested with broad discretion to manage discovery. Dichter-Mad Family 20 Partners, LLP v. U.S., 709 F.3d 749, 751 (9th Cir. 2013) (per curiam); Hunt v. County of Orange, 21 672 F.3d 606, 616 (9th Cir. 2012); Surfvivor Media, Inc. v. Survivor Prods., 406 F.3d 625, 635 22 (9th Cir. 2005); Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 751 (9th Cir. 2002). Pursuant to Rule 26(c)(1), 23 the Court may, for good cause, issue a protective order forbidding or limiting…