Acosta

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BARRY L. BROOKINS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00401-JLT-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE,

13 v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

ANSWER, AND MOTION TO STAY ALL

14 F. ACOSTA, PROCEEDINGS 15 Defendant. (Doc. No. 34) 16 17 18 Pending before the court is Defendant’s motion requesting leave to amend his answer and 19 to stay all proceedings filed October 4, 2022. (Doc. No. 34). Included with Defendant’s motion 20 is an amended answer (Doc. No. 34 at 4 – 8), declaration from counsel (Doc. No. 34-1 at 1-2), 21 memorandum and points of authority in support of the instant motion (Doc. No. 34-2 at 1-15), 22 and a request for judicial notice with exhibits (Doc. No. 34-3 at 1-123). Plaintiff timely opposed 23 Defendant’s motion. (Doc. No. 36). Defendant filed a reply to Plaintiff’s opposition on 24 November 16, 2022. (Doc. No. 38). 25 Request for Judicial Notice 26 Federal Rule of…