Balaji

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARTHUR CARR, No. 2:19-cv-00688-TLN-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER A. BALAJI, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court are several motions filed by plaintiff objecting to the withdrawal of his former counsel, Chijioke Ikonte, and seeking modification of the schedule to allow him to file a second amended complaint, seek discovery from defendants, and file an opposition to the pending motion for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 79-82. Defendants have filed no response to plaintiff’s filings. For the reasons that follow, the court will modify the schedule to allow plaintiff additional time for discovery and to oppose the summary judgment motion, but the court will deny plaintiff’s requests for leave to file a second amended complaint and for an order directing one of Ikonte’s law firm colleagues to represent…