Cook

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL WITKIN, No. 2:20-cv-2355 DJC DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER B. COOK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendants retaliated against him in violation of his First Amendment rights. Presently before the court is defendants’ ex parte application to stay this case pending resolution of plaintiff’s in forma pauperis (“IFP”) status. (ECF No. 55.) On May 1, 2023, defendants filed a motion to revoke plaintiff’s IFP status because plaintiff had been released from custody. (ECF No. 49.) By order dated August 29, 2023, the undersigned denied the motion without prejudice and directed plaintiff to submit an updated motion to proceed IFP within thirty days. (ECF No. 53.) Thereafter, defendants filed an answer and the instant application for stay. The United States Supreme Court has clearly…