Beaton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL NIVARD BEATON, Case No. 1:20-cv-00492-NONE-EPG

Plaintiff, ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO SHOW CAUSE

WHY CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

v. AS BARRED BY RES JUDICATA

AMAZON.COM, INC., (ECF NO. 1)

Defendant. THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE 16 Plaintiff, Paul Nivard Beaton, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action. On April 7, 2020, Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, Amazon.Com, Inc., violated Plaintiff’s rights because it never paid Plaintiff royalties for his book, and failed to provide Plaintiff and other authors access to their money during incarceration. Plaintiff alleges that he first published his book, “Humanity was a Colony of Extraterrestrials How the Universe Begins,” in March 2010, and that the sale of the book should result in $13.00 for Amazon and $7.00 for Plaintiff, but that Amazon has never paid Plaintiff…