Kerestenzis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 REBECCA WU, Case No. 2:24-cv-3353-DJC-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER COST KERESTENZIS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion seeking electronic filing privileges, a motion to stay, a motion to merge this case with another case she has pending in this district, and a first amended complaint. For the following reasons, I will deny plaintiff’s motions and dismiss her first amended complaint with leave to amend. Motion for Electronic Filing Privileges Generally, “any person appearing pro se may not utilize electronic filing except with permission of the assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 133(b)(2). “Requests to use paper or electronic filing as exceptions from these Rules shall be submitted as stipulations as provided in L.R. 143 or, if a stipulation cannot be had, as written motions setting out an explanation of reasons for the exception.” E.D. Cal. L.R.…