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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ISRAEL RIOS, Case No. 2:20-cv-00146-ADA-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AS

v. PREMATURE UNTIL SCREENING ORDER

ISSUES AND REQUEST TO TAKE

N.P. JOSEPH DRAGON; MD JUDICIAL NOTICE; DEFERRING RULING

ANDKUMAR RAVI, ON MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

15 Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 49, 51, 54) 16 Pending before the Court is the motion to dismiss filed on behalf of Defendant Nandakumar Ravi, M.D. on May 19, 2022. (Doc. No. 49). Defendant also requests that the Court take judicial notice of certain documents in support of his motion to dismiss. (Doc. No. 51). Plaintiff filed a response in opposition. (Doc. No. 53). Also pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to consolidate the instant action with Rios v. Spearman, No. 1:19-cv-01009-DAD-HBK (PC)(E.D. Cal. 2019) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42 and Local Rule 230. (Doc. No. 54). For the…