Josiah

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBIN E. JACKSON, No. 2:19–cv–0671–JAM–KJN PS Plaintiff, ORDER v. MARSHA J. JOSIAH, et al., Defendants. 16 This case was stayed under the Colorado River abstention doctrine from March 19, 2020, until January 13, 2021—with intermittent exceptions when it appeared that plaintiff’s appeals of the underlying state court decision had concluded, but were in fact continuing. (ECF Nos. 23- 30.) The court has not yet issued a scheduling order in this case and, upon lifting the stay, ordered the parties to file status reports addressing the standard case scheduling matters. (ECF No. 30.) The parties have done so (ECF Nos. 31-32), and with plaintiff having now exhausted her state court appeals,2 the court now sets an initial deadline for proceeding with this case. 24 1 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se, and this matter is referred to the undersigned pursuant to 25 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Local Rule 302(c)(21).

26 2 Defendants briefly request that the court…