Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES EMMETT AVITT, No. 2:24-cv-1783 WBS AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER GENA JONES, Respondent. 16 Petitioner requests this action be stayed on the grounds that he is suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. ECF No. 22. The requested duration for the stay appears to be indefinite. Id. at 2. Petitioner’s request will be denied without prejudice because the mere claim that petitioner suffers from these conditions is not enough to establish circumstances warranting an indefinite stay. See Yong v. I.N.S., 208 F.3d 1116, 1119 (9th Cir.2000) (“If a stay is especially long or its term is indefinite, a greater showing is required to justify it.”). If petitioner chooses to file another motion for stay, he should specify how his conditions prevent him from proceeding at this point in time, specify for how long such condition may be expected to prevent petitioner from proceeding, and provide medical documentation…