Opinion
1:11cv00835 DLB PC
02-26-2013
FREDERICK WAYNE SMITH, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY OF CDCR, et al., Defendants.
ORDER DISCHARING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
(Document 14)
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF
EXTENTION OF TIME TO FILE SIGNED AMENDED COMPLAINT
THIRTY-DAY RESPONSE DEADLINE
Plaintiff Frederick Wayne Smith ("Plaintiff") is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed on May 23, 2011. On February 4, 2013, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why the action should not be dismissed for Plaintiff's failure to follow the Court's December 18, 2012, order.
Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge on October 11, 2011.
On February 25, 2013, Plaintiff filed a response to the Order to Show Cause. He explains that he was without his legal property due to his placement in Administrative Segregation, and that he did not receive the Court's December 18, 2012, order until February 14, 2013. Accordingly, the Order to Show Cause is DISCHARGED.
Plaintiff is GRANTED an additional thirty (30) days to comply with the December 18, 2012, order. He must therefore submit a signed version of the May 8, 2012, amended complaint within thirty (30) days of the date of service of this order. IT IS SO ORDERED.
Plaintiff indicates that he "can't respond without counsel." However, at this juncture, the Court is only requiring that he sign the amended complaint previously filed on May 8, 2012.
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Dennis L. Beck
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE