(PC) Kirkland v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TREVON R. KIRKLAND, Case No.: 1:23-cv-00602-JLT-CDB Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING SUBSTITUTION OF

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v. (Doc. 30) D. SMITH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Trevon R. Kirkland is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. PROCEDURAL 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 filings by Plaintiff regarding substitution, the Court issued Findings and Recommendations to Dismiss Defendant John Doe. (Doc. 22.) Specifically, the undersigned recommended John Doe be dismissed because Plaintiff failed to provide the Court with accurate and…