(PC) Smith v. Municipality of Fresno County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY PAUL SMITH, No. 2:21-cv-1992 KJM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MUNICIPALITY OF FRESNO, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Before the court is a document from plaintiff which contains multiple, unrelated motions.1 The document contains the following: a request for status;2 a motion to appoint counsel; a motion

To avoid confusion and in the interests of efficiency, plaintiff will be ordered to file unrelated motions separately in the future and to make certain that their format complies with the federal 25 civil procedure and local rules. 26 With respect to the request for status, the court notes that at the time plaintiff filed the instant motions, there was no outstanding motion for the appointment of counsel…