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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA JASON DALKE, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00534-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST v. ) TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER AND

VACATE DEADLINES

) KING CLARK, et al., ) (ECF No. 131) Defendants. ) ) ) Plaintiff Joshua Jason Dalke is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ request to modify the scheduling order and vacate the deadlines, filed October 14, 2021. Defendants request that the scheduling order be vacated pending the Court's ruling on Defendants' exhaustion-based motion for summary judgment. A scheduling order “may be modified only for good cause and with the judge's consent.” Fed. R.Civ. P. 16(b)(4). In considering whether to modify the scheduling order under Rule 16, “the focus of the inquiry is upon the moving party's reasons…