Bustamante

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 OSCAR MACHADO, No. 2:18-cv-2943-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER A. BUSTAMANTE, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a motion requesting that the court issue an order requiring defendants to provide him with meaningful access to the facility law library. ECF No. 28. He states that defendants “are manipulating the COVID-19 crisis, utilizing the crisis as a pretext for complete denial of all access to the facility law library.” Id. at 2. Plaintiff’s motion makes no mention of available alternatives to physical presence in the law library, such as the paging system. As discussed below, plaintiff’s motion for an order directing prison officials to give him physical access to the law library is denied without prejudice to its renewal at a later date should the paging system (or other available alternatives) prove…