Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY SMITH, No. 2:20-cv-1004 CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 On December 27, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time to file a second amended complaint. Good cause appearing, that request will be granted. On December 6, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion asking that the court order that he be transferred to a different prison. Generally speaking, the court does not have the authority to dictate where a prisoner is housed within a state’s correctional system. See Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215 (1976). Plaintiff fails to point to anything suggesting departure from that rule is appropriate here. ///// ///// ///// 27 In the same motion, plaintiff asks that the court order the return of his personal and legal property. Plaintiff withdrew this request in his December 27 motion. ] Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Plaintiffs motion for…