Diaz
(PC) Smith v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, Case No. 1:20-cv-0349 JLT HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATION
v. (Doc. 36) RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Lawrence Christopher Smith is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The magistrate judge reviewed the allegations of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. (Doc. 36.) The magistrate judge observed Plaintiff identified 21 different defendants in the FAC, “including the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the Board of Supervisors for Kings County, the District Attorney for Kings County, Ralph Diaz, former Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the Warden, Associate Warden and Chief Medical Officer of California State Prison (CSP), Corcoran, and numerous correctional officials.” (Id. at 4.) The magistrate judge noted Plaintiff “raise[d]…