Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK SHANE THOMPSON, Case No. 1:18-cv-00125-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO CONTINUE TRIAL AND DIRECTING

v. PRETRIAL STATEMENT BE FILED ON

OR BEFORE AUGUST 22, 2022

A. GOMEZ, et al., (ECF No. 115) Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Mark Shane Thompson is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding against Plaintiff’s excessive force claim against Defendants Gomez, Weiss, Sazo, and Gray, and on Plaintiff’s related failure to intervene claim against Defendants Johnson and Busby, arising from a takedown incident that took place on May 30, 2017. This case is currently set for jury trial on October 17, 2022, and a pretrial hearing is set for September 2, 2022. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to continue the trial date, filed July 28, 2022. Defendants filed an opposition on August 10, 2022. Although the time to file a reply has 26 …