(PC) Kirkland v. Smith

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TREVON R. KIRKLAND, Case No.: 1:23-cv-00602-JLT-CDB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

13 v. (Doc. 22) 14 D. SMITH, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF

15 Defendants. TIME TO IDENTIFY JOHN DOE

16

17 Plaintiff Trevon R. Kirkland is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND 20 The Court issued its First Screening Order on September 27, 2024. (Doc. 17.) In pertinent 21 part, it found Plaintiff stated a plausible Fourteenth Amendment due process claim against 22 Defendant John Doe. (Id. at 6-8.) 23 On October 1, 2024, the Court issued its Order Granting Plaintiff 90 Days Within Which 24 To Identify John Doe. (Doc. 18.) 25 On January 7, 2025, when 90 days passed without any response from Plaintiff, the Court 26 issued Findings and Recommendations to Dismiss Defendant John Doe. (Doc. 22.) Specifically, 27 the undersigned recommended John Doe be dismissed because Plaintiff…