Webb

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL DEONTRAY WILLIAMS, No. 2:23-cv-0905 KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 JENNIFER BENAVIDEZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 MICHAEL DEONTRAY WILLIAMS, No. 2:23-cv-2689 DB P 17 Plaintiff, 18 v. ORDER 19

J. WEBB, et al.,

20 Defendants. 21 22 Plaintiff is a state prisoner. In the first case, No. 2:23-cv-0905 KJN, plaintiff is 23 proceeding pro se. Subsequently, counsel brought Case No. 2:23-cv-2689 DB on behalf of 24 plaintiff. On February 1, 2024, counsel for defendants in the first case filed a notice of related 25 cases stating the actions are related “as the claims arise from circumstances addressed in both 26 actions” and requesting plaintiff’s earlier case be stayed pending adjudication of the subsequently 27 filed action. (ECF No. 13 at 1.) Plaintiff and plaintiff’s counsel did not respond. 28 1 As discussed below, the undersigned finds that the two cases are not related, but grants 2 defendants’ motion to stay Case No. 2:23-cv-0905 KJN and vacates the…