Benavidez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL DEONTRAY WILLIAMS, No. 2:23-cv-0905 KJN P Plaintiff, v. JENNIFER BENAVIDEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 MICHAEL DEONTRAY WILLIAMS, No. 2:23-cv-2689 DB P 17 Plaintiff, 18 v. ORDER

J. WEBB, et al.,

20 Defendants. 21 Plaintiff is a state prisoner. In the first case, No. 2:23-cv-0905 KJN, plaintiff is proceeding pro se. Subsequently, counsel brought Case No. 2:23-cv-2689 DB on behalf of plaintiff. On February 1, 2024, counsel for defendants in the first case filed a notice of related cases stating the actions are related “as the claims arise from circumstances addressed in both actions” and requesting plaintiff’s earlier case be stayed pending adjudication of the subsequently filed action. (ECF No. 13 at 1.) Plaintiff and plaintiff’s counsel did not respond. 28 As discussed below, the undersigned finds that the two cases are not related, but grants defendants’ motion to stay Case No. 2:23-cv-0905 KJN and vacates the…