McGuire

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 REBECCA WU, Case No. 2:24-cv-2827-TLN-JDP (PS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 BILL MCGUIRE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff has filed a motion seeking electronic filing privileges, and two motions for an 18 extension of time to file an amended complaint and to merge this case with another case pending 19 in this district. For the following reasons, I will deny plaintiff’s request for electronic filing 20 privileges and to merge but will grant plaintiff thirty days to file an amended complaint. 21 Motion for Electronic Filing Privileges 22 Generally, “any person appearing pro se may not utilize electronic filing except with 23 permission of the assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 133(b)(2). “Requests to 24 use paper or electronic filing as exceptions from these Rules shall be submitted as stipulations as 25 provided in L.R. 143 or, if a stipulation cannot be had, as written motions setting out an 26 explanation…