Ciufo

I. BACKGROUND

23 Mitchell Garraway (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 24 pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 25 (1971). This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint filed on April 17, 2017, 26 against defendants Jacqueline Ciufo (Unit Manager), K. Miller (Corrections Officer), and 27 28 Lieutenant J. Zaragoza (collectively, “Defendants”), for failure to protect Plaintiff in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) On May 28, 2021, the Court issued the Second Scheduling Order which scheduled a Telephonic Trial Confirmation Hearing (hereinafter “Pretrial Conference”) for September 26, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. before District Judge Dale A. Drozd, and set a further schedule for this litigation. (ECF No. 132.) Jury trial was not scheduled. On August 5, 2022, the Court continued the Pretrial Conference to October 17, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. (ECF No. 138.) On August 24, 2022, due to the appointment of District Judge Ana de Alba to the bench of the Eastern District of California, this case was assigned from District Judge Dale A. Drozd to…