Shmary

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 AKIVA AVIKAIDA ISRAEL, No. 2:21-cv-00262-TLN-EFB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND AMENDED SCHEDULE 14 SHMARYAHU BROWNSTEIN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. The case proceeds on plaintiff’s first amended complaint, which states potentially 19 cognizable claims of (1) violation of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and 20 Institutionalized Persons Act by various defendants for denying plaintiff kosher meals, (2) 21 discrimination in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment by defendant Brownstein (aka “Rabbi 22 Shmary”), and (3) retaliation in violation of the First Amendment by defendant Safanov. ECF 23 Nos. 26, 28. Currently before the court are: 24 Plaintiff’s two requests for judicial notice, ECF No. 100 (request), ECF No. 101 (request), 25 ECF No. 102 (opposition). 26 Plaintiff’s motion for protective order, ECF No. 103 (motion), ECF No.…