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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MICHAEL THOMAS DE’ARMOND, JR., Case No. 1:19-cv-01695-NONE-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS

v. (Doc. No. 31) J. WHITE,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S EX

Defendant. PARTE APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF

TIME AS MOOT

15 (Doc. No. 33) 16 17 This matter comes before the Court upon initial review of this case that was reassigned to the undersigned. See Doc. No. 34. Pending review are defendant’s Motion to Stay filed September 22, 2020 and Ex Parte Application for Extension of Time filed November 3, 2020. Doc. Nos. 31, 33. Plaintiff filed an opposition to the motion to stay and defendant filed a reply. Doc. Nos. 32, 35. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants defendant’s motion to stay this action. 1 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Michael Thomas De'Armond, Jr., a prisoner, initiated this action on November 20, 2019 by filing a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendant J.…