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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY SMITH, No. 2:20-cv-00071-DAD-DMC (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS

v. (Doc. Nos. 56, 75) RALPH DIEZ, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Larry Smith is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 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. On March 7, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that defendants’ motion for summary judgment in their favor (Doc. No. 56) be granted as to plaintiff’s Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”) claim and that this court decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiff’s remaining state law claims. (Doc. No. 75 at 5–12.) The pending findings and recommendations concluded that

Plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of…