Broomfield

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOHN EDWARD MITCHELL, 2:25-cv-1380-CKD P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 R. BROOMFIELD, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff John Edward Mitchell, a state prisoner, proceeds without counsel under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter is referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302. See 28 U.S.C. § 19 636(b)(1). Plaintiff’s complaint, request for a court order,1 and motion to stay are before the 20 court. (ECF Nos. 1, 5, 6.) 21 For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s request to stay proceedings is denied. The court 22 has screened the complaint and finds it states First Amendment free exercise claims and 23 Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claims against defendants Safanov and Ross in claims 24 one and three. No other claims are stated. Plaintiff may proceed on these claims or plaintiff may 25 file an amended complaint under the guidelines set forth below. 26

27 1 On June 30, 2025, plaintiff filed a request for “a court order for the [filing] fees and or…