(PS) Tillman-Conerly v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARILYN TILLMAN-CONERLY, No. 2:20-cv-950-TLN-KJN PS 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS AND TO DENY MOTION FOR

13 v. DEFAULT JUDGMENT 14 U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL (ECF Nos. 7, 9.) MANAGEMENT et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On May 8, 2020, plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint against the U.S. Office of 18 Personnel Management and Laverne Watson (an employee thereof). (ECF No. 1.) On May 12, 19 2020, the Clerk issued a summons. (ECF No. 2.) On July 13, 2020, plaintiff filed a “Motion for 20 Extension of Time” to serve defendants, stating she could not serve the complaint because the 21 government offices were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (See ECF No. 4.) Plaintiff 22 requested a stay of the action until the offices re-opened. Id. The court denied plaintiff’s request 23 for a stay and ordered plaintiff to serve defendants by August 31, 2020. (See ECF No. 5.) 24 On August 18, plaintiff filed documents with the court in order…