(PC) Kirkland v. Smith
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TREVON R. KIRKLAND, Case No.: 1:23-cv-00602-JLT-CDB Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
v. (Doc. 22) D. SMITH, et al.,
ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF
Defendants. TIME TO IDENTIFY JOHN DOE
Plaintiff Trevon R. Kirkland is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND The Court issued its First Screening Order on September 27, 2024. (Doc. 17.) In pertinent part, it found Plaintiff stated a plausible Fourteenth Amendment due process claim against Defendant John Doe. (Id. at 6-8.) On October 1, 2024, the Court issued its Order Granting Plaintiff 90 Days Within Which To Identify John Doe. (Doc. 18.) On January 7, 2025, when 90 days passed without any response from Plaintiff, the Court issued Findings and Recommendations to Dismiss Defendant John Doe. (Doc. 22.) Specifically, the undersigned recommended John Doe be dismissed because Plaintiff…