Beer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 9 JOHN W. WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:21-cv-00155-KES-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STAY v.

12 BEER, et al., (ECF No. 152) 13 Defendants.

15 Plaintiff John Williams is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil action filed 16 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 Now before the Court is Defendants’ motion for a protective order to stay discovery and 18 the scheduling order deadlines pending a ruling on their motion for summary judgment based on Plaintiff’s alleged failure to exhaust his administrative remedies. (ECF No. 152). For the reasons explained below, the Court will deny Defendants’ motion to stay. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed his complaint on February 8, 2021. (ECF No. 1). Defendants Oaks, Pascoe, and Riddle, Beer, and Garcia are correctional officers, and Defendant Cubos is a registered nurse who recorded Plaintiff’s injuries. (ECF Nos. 1, 10, 13). This action stems from Plaintiff’s allegations that, on August 5, 2019, Defendant Oaks stabbed him in…