Batra

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RONALD WILLIAM WARD, Case No. 1:21-cv-00929-KES-SKO (PC)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING DISCOVERY AND

SCHEDULING ORDER

13 v. (Doc. 43) 14 S. BATRA, et al.,

ORDER ISSUING TEMPORARY STAY

15 Defendants. PENDING RESOLUTION OF PENDING

MOTIONS

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17 18 Plaintiff Ronald William Ward is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 19 in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth 20 Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claim against Defendant Batra. 1 21 I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND 22 Since mid-July 2025, Plaintiff has filed seven motions in this matter. (See Docs. 50-52, 23 59-60, 64-65.) Defendant has opposed several motions thus far (see Docs. 55-57, 62-63), and 24 further oppositions, if any, by Defendant are due on November 14 and November 17, 2025, 25 respectively. 26

27 1 On June 2, 2025, this action was reassigned to the undersigned “for all further proceedings, including trial…