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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL LENIOR SMITH, No. 2:18-cv-2942 KJM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

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REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has been appointed counsel for the limited purpose of assisting him with preparing for and participating in the upcoming settlement conference, but is otherwise proceeding pro se. ECF No. 107. Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to submit a second motion for summary judgment and for sanctions against defendants for failing to produce him for the settlement conference originally scheduled for January 23, 2025. ECF No. 115. He requests that he be granted leave to file another motion for summary judgment because the previous motion sought summary judgment against only some of the defendants and he did not properly support his motion with evidence, such as…