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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, Case No. 1:18-cv-00852-LJO-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT

v. (ECF No. 25) WEISS, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Procedural History Plaintiff Lawrence Christopher Smith (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 23, 2018, the undersigned issued findings and recommendations in Smith v. Chanelo (“Smith I”), Case No. 1:16-cv-01356-LJO-BAM (PC), recommending that: (1) the action proceed on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint only as to the excessive force claim against Defendants Sotelo, P. Chanelo, D. Wattree, K. Hunt, L. Castro, A. Gonzalez, E. Ramirez, and R. Rodriguez, on March 13, 2013; (2) the Court sever the misjoined claims, into three separate cases and such cases be opened, for excessive force for the incidents of: September 9, 2013 against Defendant D. Knowlton; November 15, 2013…