Cervantes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PETER M. ARENA, Case No. 1:21-cv-00928-NONE-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR STAY OF PROCEEDINGS

v. (ECF No. 16) CERVANTES, et al.,

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Peter M. Arena (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds against Defendants Cervantes, Berlanga, Cerda-Jirano, Moreno, and Ceja for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The Court directed electronic service on Defendants on September 21, 2021. (ECF No. 14.) Defendants have not yet waived service of process or appeared in this action. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for a stay of proceedings, filed October 7, 2021. (ECF No. 16.) Plaintiff requests that the Court grant an extension of six months or a stay of further proceedings in his case due to a scheduled surgery on his left shoulder on October 29, 26 …