(PC)Fletcher
(PC)Fletcher v. Clendenin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLAN FLETCHER, Case No.: 1:22-cv-0249 JLT BAM Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE
v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND
DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO
CLENDENIN, et al., CLOSE THE CASE
Defendants. (Doc. 48)
16 Allan Fletcher seeks to hold the defendants liable for violations of his civil rights while housed at Coalinga State Hospital. (See Docs. 11, 16.) The assigned magistrate judge found Plaintiff failed to obey the Court’s orders and failed to prosecute the action. (Doc. 48 at 1-2.) The magistrate judge found terminating sanctions appropriate, after considering the factors identified by the Ninth Circuit in Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986). (Id. at 2-4.) The magistrate judge observed: “Plaintiff is no longer prosecuting this action, and the Court cannot afford to expend resources resolving an unopposed dispositive motion in a case which…