(PC) White v. Sacramento Public Defenders Office, et al., No. 2:2014cv01289 - Document 13 (E.D. Cal. 2014)

Court Description: ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 11/04/14 ordering plaintiff's request for a stay or continuance 11 , construed as a request for an extension of time is granted. Plaintiff is granted 60 days from the date of this order to file objections to the findings and recommendations filed on 10/02/14 10 ; and there will be no further extension of time. (Plummer, M)

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(PC) White v. Sacramento Public Defenders Office, et al. Doc. 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LLOYD WHITE, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:14-cv-1289 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action seeking relief 18 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 2, 2014, the court recommended a summary dismissal of 19 plaintiff’s complaint and this action, granting plaintiff twenty-one days to file objections. ECF 20 No. 10. Plaintiff has not filed objections, instead seeking a six-month stay or continuance to 21 “present a meaningful case.” ECF No. 11. In recommending the summary dismissal of this 22 action, the undersigned made clear that she could discern no manner in which the complaint’s 23 defects could be cured by amendment. In the pending request, plaintiff does not dispute this 24 finding or address it in any fashion whatever. Rather, plaintiff complains that while he was 25 housed in jail in Sacramento County he was denied access to the law library. He states that now 26 that he is in special needs custody in reception in state prison, he has only been allowed two visits 27 to the library. 28 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 Plaintiff provides no colorable basis for a stay or continuance. The court will construe 2 plaintiff’s request as one for an extension of time to file objections to the recommendation for 3 summary dismissal, which the court will permit. 4 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that: 5 1. Plaintiff’s request for a stay or continuance, ECF No. 11, construed as a request for an 6 7 8 9 10 extension of time, is granted; 2. Plaintiff is granted sixty days to file objections to the findings and recommendations filed on October 2, 2014; (ECF No. 10) and 3. There will be no further extension of time. DATED: November 4, 2014 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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