(PC) Singh v. Sacramento County Sheriff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GURPREET SINGH, No. 2:23-cv-0237 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a former county inmate now housed at the Napa State Hospital, proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 26, 2023, the undersigned recommended that this action be dismissed based on plaintiff’s failure to file an amended complaint. On August 4, 2023, plaintiff filed a request for extension of time to file objections, and a request to “hold” this action pending his treatment at Napa State Hospital.1 The court has broad discretion to stay proceedings as an incident to its power to control its own docket. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997) (citing Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)). The party requesting a stay has the burden of establishing its need, id. at 708, and must make out a clear case of hardship or inequity in being required…