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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC ZARAGOZA RIOS, Case No. 21-09465 BLF (PR)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION

OF TIME TO FILE COMPLAINT

v. AND APPLICATION TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS; DENYING

REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF

CONTRA COSTA SHERIFF’S DEPT., COUNSEL

15 Defendants.

17 On November 23, 2021, Plaintiff filed a three-page handwritten document in the Eastern District of California which was construed as an attempt to file a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in pro se, against the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department. Dkt. No. 1. On December 7, 2021, the Eastern District transferred the matter to this Court as the proper venue. Dkt. No. 4. On the same date, the Clerk of this Court sent Plaintiff two separate notices, instructing him that within twenty-eight days he must: (1) file a complaint on the court form, and (2) either pay the full filing fee or file an application to proceed In…