Montoya

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES BOWELL, 1:17-cv-00605-LJO-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR STAY

vs. (ECF No. 85.)

F. MONTOYA, et al.,

Defendants.

17 I. BACKGROUND James Bowell (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, filed on May 3, 2018, against defendants Montoya and Carter for violation of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, and against defendants Killmer and Lopez for conspiracy to place Plaintiff at risk of serious harm and failure to protect Plaintiff under the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 16.)1 On February 24, 2020, the court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order establishing pretrial deadlines for the parties, including a discovery deadline of August 24, 2020, and a 27 1 On October 25,…