Blacher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARLON BLACHER, Case No.: 20cv1270-LAB-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

v. DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE MOTION

TO STAY [DKT. 39]

RALPH DIAZ, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Defendants have previously been granted two applications to stay this case pending Plaintiff Marlon Blacher’s return to California from Florida, where he is currently in custody for various criminal matters. On February 25, 2021, Defendants filed an ex parte application to stay the case indefinitely, citing Blacher’s unknown return date to California and the need for more time to serve discovery and depose Blacher. (Dkt. 24). Rather than stay the case indefinitely, the Court stayed it for days and ordered Defendants to investigate both Blacher’s return date and remote deposition options. (Dkt. 28). On June 15, 2021, Defendants filed a motion to extend the stay, which was set to expire on June 21, 26 …