Burton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN BENNETT, No. 2:21-cv-1340 WBS KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER BURTON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants’ motion to stay discovery and plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery are before the court. As set forth below, the undersigned finds good cause to modify the scheduling order and grants defendants’ motion to stay discovery and denies, without prejudice, plaintiff’s motion to compel. I. Background In plaintiff’s amended complaint against defendants U. Garcia and F. Moreno, plaintiff alleged that on December 19, 2020, defendants violated plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights by allowing him to be housed in an open dorm with inmates who tested positive for COVID-19, knowing that plaintiff was negative for COVID-19 at that time. (ECF No. 43.) Despite notifying such defendants of these circumstances,…