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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARQUES BUTLER, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01650-JLT-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ EXHAUSTION

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND

R. DAY, et al., ) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST ) TO STAY MERITS BASED DISCOVERY Defendants. ) ) (ECF No. 29) ) ) )

Plaintiff Marques Butler 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’ exhaustion motion for summary judgment, filed October 28, 2021. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND This case proceeds against Defendant R. Day for excessive force, against Defendant J. Aguire for failing to intervene in the use of force, and against Defendants R. Day, J. Aguire, J. Barkhurst, and P. Perez for deliberate…