Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ESMELING BAHENA, Case No. 1:20-cv-01685-AWI-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO STAY MERITS-BASED

v. DISCOVERY AND TO MODIFY THE

DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING ORDER

RODRIGUEZ, et al., (ECF No. 35) Defendants.

16 Esmeling Bahena (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, 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’ motion to stay discovery and modify the discovery ands scheduling order, filed December 14, 2021. (ECF No. 35.) On this same day, Defendants filed an exhaustion-related motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 36.) I. DISCUSSION A. Motion to Stay Discovery The Court is vested with broad discretion to manage discovery. Dichter-Mad Family Partners, LLP v. U.S., 709 F.3d 749, 751 (9th Cir. 2013) (per curiam); Surfvivor Media, Inc. v. Survivor Prods.,…