(PS) Zito Family Trust v. John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZITO FAMILY TRUST; THOMAS J. No. 2:21-cv-2098 DAD DB PS
ZITO, SOLE TRUSTEE,
12 Plaintiffs, ORDER AND FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS
JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants, 17 Plaintiff Thomas Zito is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was referred to the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On June 5, 2023, the undersigned granted defendant’s motion to dismiss and granted plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint within twenty-eight days. (ECF No. 37.) Plaintiff failed to comply with that order. Instead, on June 27, 2023, plaintiff filed a document styled “to explore in depth the ‘plausible’ proposition” that Keith Holland, the Clerk of the Court, “accepted a bribe from John Hancock Insurance Company.” (ECF No. 39 at 1.) Therein, plaintiff acknowledged receipt of the June 5, 2023 order and asserted that “it is clearly another…