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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 DAMEN D. RABB, No. 1:23-cv-00843-JLT-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO STAY MERITS-BASED

11 v. DISCOVERY AND VACATE DEADLINES 12 ESTEVEN FIGUEROA, et al., (ECF No. 34) 13 Defendants. 14 15 Plaintiff Isaiah J. Petillo is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 16 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to stay merits-based discovery, filed 18 February 26, 2024. (ECF No. 34.) Plaintiff has not filed an opposition and the time to do so has 19 passed. Local Rule 230(l). 20 The Court is vested with broad discretion to manage discovery. Dichter-Mad Family 21 Partners, LLP v. U.S., 709 F.3d 749, 751 (9th Cir. 2013) (per curiam); Hunt v. County of Orange, 22 672 F.3d 606, 616 (9th Cir. 2012); Surfvivor Media, Inc. v. Survivor Prods., 406 F.3d 625, 635 23 (9th Cir. 2005); Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 751 (9th Cir. 2002). Pursuant to Rule…