Fererkins
(PC) Jacques v. Fererkins
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL E. JACQUES, No. 2:21-cv-0144 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER B. FERERKINS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On February 28, 2022, the undersigned recommended that defendant Freriks be dismissed because plaintiff did not file a motion for substitution within ninety days after defendant’s death was suggested on the record on November 23, 2021. (ECF No. 37.) On March 2, 2022, plaintiff filed a motion for a ninety-days extension of time to file the motion for substitution. (ECF No. 39.) The grounds of this request are that plaintiff’s law library access was terminated on January 4, 2022, due to an outbreak of COVID-19. Plaintiff contends that he requires law library access in order to determine the procedure for filing a motion for substitution. On March 7, 2022, plaintiff also filed objections to the…