Shittu
(PC)Richard A. Evans v. Shittu
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD A. EVANS, No. 1:20-cv-01317-DAD-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REOPEN
THIS CASE AND FOR RECONSIDERATION
ADEKUNIE SHITTU, et al., (Doc. No. 28) Defendants.
17 Plaintiff Richard Evans is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On March 9, 2021, the court dismissed this action without prejudice due to plaintiff’s failure to pay the required filing fee. (Doc. No. 26.) The court also directed the Clerk of Court to close this case. (Id. at 2.) Accordingly, this case was closed on March 9, 2021. Nevertheless, plaintiff has since filed a request for judicial notice and a motion to reopen this case and for reconsideration of the court’s order dismissing this action. On April 26, 2021, plaintiff filed a one-page…