Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADAM SHARPE, No. 1:19-cv-00711-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE

TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER

v. (ECF No. 48) C. CRYER, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, AND

Defendants. HOLDING IN ABEYANCE, IN PART,

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

16 (ECF No. 52)

18 On December 9, 2020, Defendants C. Cryer, S. Gates, J. Lewis and S. Smith 19 (“Defendants”) filed a motion for leave to file an amended answer. (ECF No. 48). On December 20 24, 2020, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, as to Defendant Smith only, on the 21 issue of exhaustion, and to stay discovery as to Defendant Smith. (ECF Nos. 50 & 51). On 22 January 7, 2021, Plaintiff Adam Sharpe (“Plaintiff”), a state inmate proceeding pro se and in 23 forma pauperis, filed a motion for extension of time, seeking extensions of his time to file a 24 response to the motion for summary judgment and to file any motions to compel. (ECF No. 52).

I. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED ANSWER

26 It…