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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CURTIS SNOWDEN III, No. 2:22-cv-01444 DJC SCR P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 A. SCOTT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil 18 rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court is defendant Yang’s ex parte application 19 to modify the discovery and scheduling order. (ECF No. 45.) For the reasons described below, 20 defendant’s application is denied. However, the court orders defendant Yang to file a brief within 21 fourteen (14) days addressing his standing to seek dismissal pursuant to defendants Jones’ and 22 Scott’s pending motion for terminating sanctions (ECF No. 53). 23 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 24 I. Plaintiff’s Complaint 25 This case proceeds on plaintiff’s complaint filed on August 15, 2022. (ECF No. 1.) The 26 complaint names Correctional Officers A. Scott, Jones, and Yang, as well as Psychiatric 27 Technician N. Arnett, as…