(PC) Garraway v. Ciufo ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MITCHELL GARRAWAY, 1:17-cv-00533-ADA-GSA (PC) USCA Case No. 23-15482 12 Plaintiff, 13 vs. ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS AND DEADLINES IN THIS CASE PENDING 14 JACQUILINE CIUFO, et al., RESOLUTION OF DEFENDANTS’ INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL TO THE 15 Defendants. NINTH CIRCUIT 16 (ECF No. 160.) 17 VACATED: 18 Pretrial Conference 19 May 22, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. District Judge Ana de Alba 20 In Courtroom 1, 8th floor 21 Jury Trial 22 August 1, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. 23 District Judge Ana de Alba In Courtroom 1, 8th floor 24 25 26 27 Plaintiff, Mitchell Garraway, is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 28 pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 1 (1971). This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint filed on April 17, 2017, 2 against defendants Jacqueline Ciufo (Unit Manager), K. Miller (Corrections Officer), and 3 Lieutenant J. Zaragoza (collectively, “Defendants”), for failure to protect Plaintiff in violation of 4 the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) 5 On May 28, 2021, the Court issued the Second Scheduling Order in this case, scheduling 6 a Pretrial Conference on September 26, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. before District Judge Dale A. Drozd. 7 (ECF No. 132.) On August 5, 2022, the Court continued the Pretrial Conference to October 17, 8 2022 at 1:30 p.m. before Judge Drozd. (ECF No. 138.) 9 On August 24, 2022, this case was reassigned from District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 10 District Judge Ana de Alba for all further proceedings. (ECF No. 139.) 11 On September 13, 2022, the Court continued the Pretrial Conference to May 22, 2023 at 12 1:30 p.m. before District Judge Ana de Alba and scheduled Jury Trial before Judge de Alba to 13 commence on August 1, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. (ECF No. 146.) 14 On March 31, 2023, Defendants filed a Notice of Interlocutory Appeal to the Ninth 15 Circuit Court of Appeals. (ECF No. 160.) On April 14, 2023, Plaintiff filed an opposition to the 16 Appeal. (ECF No. 163.) 17 In light of Defendants’ interlocutory appeal which is pending at the Ninth Circuit Court 18 of Appeals, the Court finds good cause to stay the proceedings and pending deadlines in this case 19 until resolution of Defendants’ interlocutory appeal. The Court also finds good cause to vacate 20 the Pretrial Conference and Jury Trial scheduled in this case, to be rescheduled after the 21 resolution of Defendants’ interlocutory appeal. 22 Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 23 1. The proceedings in this action and all pending deadlines at this Court for this 24 action are STAYED pending the resolution of Defendants’ interlocutory appeal 25 to the Ninth Circuit filed on March 31, 2023; 26 2. The Pretrial Conference scheduled for May 22, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. before District 27 Judge Ana de Alba is VACATED, to be rescheduled after the resolution of 28 Defendants’ interlocutory appeal; and 1 3. The Jury Trial scheduled for August 1, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., before District Judge 2 Ana de Alba is VACATED, to be rescheduled after the resolution of Defendants’ 3 interlocutory appeal. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 Dated: May 1, 2023 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28