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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CANDACE SMITH, Case No. 1:24-cv-00200-KES-BAM 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING DISMISSAL OF ACTION

13 v. (Doc. 5) 14 ALEXA CORDOZA,

FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE

15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Candace Smith (“Plaintiff”) proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 18 action. (Doc. 1.) For the reasons that follow, the Court will recommend that this action be 19 dismissed for failure to obey a court order and for lack of jurisdiction. 20 I. Background 21 Plaintiff initiated this action on February 14, 2024. (Doc. 1.) On April 8, 2024, the Court 22 screened Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), and determined that the 23 complaint failed to comply with the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 24 and failed to allege this Court’s subject matter jurisdiction. The Court granted Plaintiff leave to 25 amend within thirty (30) days of service of the Court’s order. (Doc. 5.) Plaintiff was expressly 26 …