Felix

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHELLE-LAEL B. NORSWORTHY, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01151-KES-SKO 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY

13 v. PENDING RULING ON MOTION FOR

JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

14 OFFICER FELIX, et al., (Doc. 46) 15 Defendants.

16 17 Plaintiff Michelle-Lael B. Norsworthy is presented by counsel in this civil rights action. 18 The matter proceeds on Plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause violations 19 against Defendants Felix, Haynes, Villanueva, and Does 1 through 50, and Eighth Amendment 20 failure to protect claims against Defendants Cowing, Villanueva, and Does 1 through 50. 21 I. INTRODUCTION 22 On March 14, 2025, this Court issued its Discovery and Scheduling Order. (Doc. 43.) 23 On May 21, 2025, Defendants filed the following: (1) Defendants’ Notice of Request to Seal 24 Video; (2) Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; and (3) Defendants’ Motion to 25 Stay Discovery Pending Ruling on Concurrently Filed Motion…