Broomfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN EDWARD MITCHELL, 2:25-cv-1380-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER R. BROOMFIELD, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff John Edward Mitchell, a state prisoner, proceeds without counsel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter is referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff’s complaint, request for a court order,1 and motion to stay are before the court. (ECF Nos. 1, 5, 6.) For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s request to stay proceedings is denied. The court has screened the complaint and finds it states First Amendment free exercise claims and Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claims against defendants Safanov and Ross in claims one and three. No other claims are stated. Plaintiff may proceed on these claims or plaintiff may file an amended complaint under the guidelines set forth below.

1 On June 30, 2025, plaintiff filed a request for “a court order for the [filing] fees and or…