Kerestenzis

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-3353-DJC-JDP (PS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 COST KERESTENZIS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff has filed a motion seeking electronic filing privileges, a motion to stay, a motion 18 to merge this case with another case she has pending in this district, and a first amended 19 complaint. For the following reasons, I will deny plaintiff’s motions and dismiss her first 20 amended complaint with leave to amend. 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 of reasons for the exception.” E.D. Cal. L.R.…