Diaz
(PC) Smith v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, Case No. 1:20-cv-00349-NONE-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO SHOW CAUSE
WHY THIS CASE SHOULD NOT BE
v. DISMISSED AS DUPLICATIVE OF CASE 1:19-cv-01358-NONE-BAM SECRETARY RALPH DIAZ, et al.,
THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE
Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Lawrence Christopher Smith is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on March 3, 2020. ECF No. 1. The case was transferred to this district the same week, ECF No. 5, and plaintiff was ordered to apply to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the filing fee, ECF No. 8. Plaintiff moved to proceed in forma pauperis on March 30, 2020, ECF No. 12, and the court received his trust fund account statement on April 1, 2020. As it appears that plaintiff filed a complaint against many of the same defendants based on similar allegations in Smith v. Becerra, No. 1:19-cv-01358 at ECF No. 1, the court will…