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Parties Involved:
C. Cser
Defendant
Deshone Lee Smith
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DESHONE LEE SMITH, No. CIV S-07-1330-LKK-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

C. CSER,

Defendants

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 20, 2007, the court received a complaint from plaintiff with

this case number. The court interpreted this complaint to be intended as an amended complaint

in this action. On November 29, 2007, the court filed an order striking plaintiff’s amended

complaint as filed without leave of court, and explained that if plaintiff had intended to file the

amended complaint as a new action he should notify the court of his intention within 30 days of

that order. On March 3, 2008, plaintiff filed a letter indicating that he did indeed intend the

complaint which was docketed in this case as an amended complaint, to be a new action.

Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is directed to take plaintiff’s complaint (Doc.

23) and open it as a new action. In addition, the application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc.

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24) should likewise be filed in the new case. The complaint in the new action shall be deemed

filed as of November 20, 2007, the date it was received by the court and filed in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 5, 2008

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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