Opinion
2:19-CV-0891-JAM-DMC-P
07-13-2021
SHAWN DAMON BARTH, Plaintiff, v. ROMERO, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
DENNIS M. COTA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff's motion to stay. ECF No. 25. He contends that he has been unable to attend to preparing a third amended complaint. See id. The deadline to file a third amended complaint was July 6, 2021. See ECF No. 24. Plaintiff timely filed the present motion. ECF No. 25.
Plaintiff indicates that he has been transferred within the California prison system multiple times. Id Plaintiff contends that he has been unable to access all of his legal documents in the light of at least three transfers, and that he has had limited access to the law library due to confinement to his cell for most of the day. Id
The Court declines to stay this action, but construes the pending request as a motion for an extension of time. For good cause shown, Plaintiffs motion, construed as motion for an extension of time, is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall file a third amended complaint within sixty (60) days of the date of this order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.