Weiss

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, No. 1:18-cv-00852-NONE-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RECONSIDERATION OF

v. MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S RULING AND

RENEWED MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE

WEISS, et al., ORDER

Defendants. (Doc. No. 41) 16 I. Procedural History Plaintiff Lawrence Christopher Smith 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 assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations in Smith v. Chanelo (“Smith I”), Case No. 1:16-cv-01356-NONE-BAM (PC), recommending that: (1) the action proceed on plaintiff’s first amended complaint only as to his 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…