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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ERROL LOVELL UNDERWOOD, No. 2:17-CV-0174-KJM-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 RICHARD TAN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion, ECF No. 46, for substitution of 19 parties. 20 On October 30, 2019, Defendants submitted an amended notice of suggestion of 21 death of Defendant Egipto, notifying Plaintiff of Defendant Egipto’s death. See ECF No. 30. 22 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(a)(1), a civil suit against a deceased party must be 23 dismissed unless a party moves for substitution within 90 days of a service noting death. See Fed. 24 R. Civ. P. 25. After the deceased party is dismissed, the action proceeds with the remaining 25 parties. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(a)(2). Plaintiff now moves to substitute the State of California in 26 place of deceased Defendant Egipto. See ECF No. 46. 27 / / / 28 …