Newsom
Delbert J. Smith v. Gavin Newsom, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DELBERT J. SMITH, No. 1:25-cv-00873 GSA (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF, SUA
SPONTE, ADDITIONAL TIME TO FILE
v. NOTICE ON HOW TO PROCEED GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., (ECF No. 9) Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE ON HOW TO
PROCEED DUE IN FOURTEEN DAYS
16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and he has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1, 2. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). For the reasons stated below, the Court will, sua sponte grant Plaintiff additional time to inform the Court how he would like to proceed in this case. He will be given an additional fourteen days to do so. I. RELEVANT FACTS On August 13, 2025, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint and it found that it contained both civil rights…