Yaqub
Yaqub v. Paynter.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAHAT YAQUB, by and through his Case No. 1:23-cv-01482-NODJ-EPG Guardian Ad Litem, SADIA YAQUB, ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION FOR A Plaintiff, LIMITED STAY OF FACT DISCOVERY
RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
v. JACOB PAYNTER AND ARTURO GAONA-
SANTILLAN
JACOB PAYNTER, et al., (ECF No. 18) Defendants. 17 On January 11, 2024, the parties filed a joint stipulation requesting a limited stay of discovery as to Defendants Jacob Paynter and Arturo Gaona-Santillan. (ECF No. 18). According to the parties’ stipulation, Defendants Paynter and Gaona-Santillan “are currently pending criminal charges in the Superior Court for the County of Merced arising out of the same incident, acts and/or omissions alleged in Plaintiff’s Complaint for Damages.” (Id., p. 1). The state criminal case “is currently set for jury trial on May 14, 2024.” (Id.) Further, “[t]he parties have met and conferred in an effort to balance the Fifth Amendment Rights…