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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, No. 2:21-cv-00519 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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SECRETARY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendants were deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion for temporary restraining order (“TRO”) (ECF No. 3), motion for preliminary injunction (ECF No. 3), and motion to be excused from electronic filing (“e-filing”) (ECF No. 4). For the reasons set forth below, this court will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for TRO and preliminary injunction be denied. Additionally, plaintiff’s motion to be excused from e-filing is denied as moot. MOTION FOR TRO/MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Plaintiff filed a motion on March 22, 2021 seeking “a temporary…