Messinger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, No. 2:20-cv-0051 DAD DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JON A. MESSINGER, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendants subjected him to verbal harassment and used excessive force against him. Presently before the court are plaintiff’s motions for stay. (ECF Nos. 45, 49.) Defendants have not filed an opposition or statement of non-opposition to plaintiff’s motion for stay. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned will recommend that the motion be denied. I. Plaintiff’s Motions Plaintiff has asked for a stay because he has a petition for writ of habeas corpus that is presently pending in this court. (ECF No. 45.) He would like to stay his civil rights case because he believes that his petition for writ of habeas corpus will be granted. In plaintiff’s…