(PC) James v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD EUGENE JAMES, Case No. 2:21-cv-00713-KJM-JDP (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
AS TO HIS REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION
v. OF TIME AND DENYING IT AS TO HIS
REQUEST FOR TO APPOINT COUNSEL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., ECF No. 14 Defendants.
Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 22, 2021, the court screened plaintiff’s complaint, notified him that it failed to state a claim, and gave him sixty days to file an amended complaint. ECF No. 8. Plaintiff subsequently requested, and the court granted, a thirty-day extension of time to file an amended complaint. On November 8, 2021, after plaintiff failed to timely file an amended complaint, the court ordered him to show cause why this action should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute and for failure to state a claim. ECF No. 13. Plaintiff has now filed a motion asking for…