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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

RALPH DIAZ, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:20-cv-1004 CKD P

ORDER

On December 27, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time to file a second 

amended complaint. Good cause appearing, that request will be granted.

On December 6, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion asking that the court order that he be 

transferred to a different prison.1

 Generally speaking, the court does not have the authority to

dictate where a prisoner is housed within a state’s correctional system. See Meachum v. Fano, 

427 U.S. 215 (1976). Plaintiff fails to point to anything suggesting departure from that rule is 

appropriate here.

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 In the same motion, plaintiff asks that the court order the return of his personal and legal 

property. Plaintiff withdrew this request in his December 27 motion. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time (ECF No. 30) is granted.

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of this order in which to file a second 

amended complaint. Failure to file a second amended complaint within 30 days will result in a 

recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice. 

3. Plaintiff’s request that the court order plaintiff transferred to a different prison (ECF 

No. 26) is denied.

Dated: January 3, 2022

1/mp

smit1004.36(6)

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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