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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 TODD ASHKER, Case No. 1:21-cv-00423-ADA-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR TEMPORARY STAY OF CASE

v. (ECF No. 85) C. PFEIFFER, et al.,

Defendants. 15 Todd Ashker (“Plaintiff”) is a state inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to temporarily stay this case pending resolution of related claim(s) in Ashker v. Newsom (“Ashker I”), N.D. CA, Case No. 4:09-05796. (ECF No. 85). For the reasons that follow, the Court will deny Plaintiff’s motion. I. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION On September 1, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion to temporarily stay this case pending resolution of related claim(s) in Ashker I. (ECF No. 85). Plaintiff argues that the case should be stayed because:

25 (1) The resolution of the related claim(s) in the class action case may have a clear and substantial impact on a key part of the case at bar;…