(PC) King v. Valley State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALTON KING, 1:20-cv-00024-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

TO STAY DISCOVERY AND MODIFY

vs. DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULING ORDER (ECF No. 26.) VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al.,

ORDER IMPOSING STAY OF MERITS-BASED

Defendants. DISCOVERY AND VACATING THE

DISCOVERY AND DISPOSITIVE MOTION

DEADLINES, PENDING RESOLUTION OF

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Alton King is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds on Plaintiff’s claims for adverse conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment against Defendants R. Fisher and N. Moosbauer (“Defendants”). On October 14, 2021, the Court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order establishing deadlines of January 14, 2022 to file exhaustion motions, March…