Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN RAY BRUMMETT, JR., Case No. 1:21-cv-00086-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

v.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

LOPEZ, et al., REGARDING DISMISSAL OF ACTION FOR

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

Defendants.

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

16 I. Background Plaintiff Melvin Ray Brummett, Jr. (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On February 5, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting a stay and abeyance of this case for thirty days while he was being transported from STAF-Corcoran to the Shasta County Jail for a resentencing hearing on February 9, 2021. (ECF No. 7.) As the complaint had not yet been screened and there were no pending deadlines to be stayed, the Court denied the stay of…