Secretary

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, No. 1:23-cv-00526-KES-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER STRIKING THIRD AMENDED

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v. LIMITATION SECRETARY, et al., (ECF No. 42) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 4, 2024, Plaintiff’s motion to stay the proceeding was denied by the District Judge, and Plaintiff was granted thirty days to file a third amended complaint in compliance with the Court’s screening order. (ECF No. 41) On December 6, 2024, Plaintiff filed a third amended complaint. (ECF No. 42.) In preparing to screen the third amended complaint, the Court noted that it is pages fifty-four pages in length, and includes multiple unrelated claims and defendants. (Id.) Plaintiff is advised that he may not bring unrelated claims against unrelated parties in a single action. Fed. R. Civ. P.…