Kalil

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., No. 2:17-cv-1429 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. KALIL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed October 22, 2021, plaintiff was given the opportunity to file either an opposition to defendants’ motion for summary judgment, in which case discovery would be stayed, or a motion to compel, in which case briefing on the motion for summary judgment would be stayed. ECF No. 56. Plaintiff has now filed a document styled as an “emergency notice,” in which he states that he is concerned his case will be dismissed if he is not appointed counsel and accuses defendants of using delay tactics to deprive him of discovery necessary to defend against both exhaustion and merit-based summary-judgment motions. ECF No. 57. Plaintiff has also filed a motion for sanctions and to compel. ECF No. 58. To the extent…