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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, No. 1:16-cv-01356-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, Appeal No. 21-15827 v. ORDER CONSTRUING OBJECTIONS AS A

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND

CHANELO, et al., DENYING THAT MOTION AND

GRANTING MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF

Defendants. TIME TO FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL (Doc. Nos. 81, 82) ORDER 18 I. Background Plaintiff Lawrence Christopher Smith, a state prisoner, proceeded pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 12, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that plaintiff’s motion for a protective order be denied, defendants’ motion to compel plaintiff’s deposition be denied as moot, and that this case be dismissed with prejudice. (Doc. No. 78.) The magistrate judge found that terminating sanctions were appropriate due to 26 …