(PC)Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICKY L. THOMAS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00470 JLT BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE

v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

SHIRLEY, et al., CLOSE THIS CASE Defendants. (Doc. 48) 16 Ricky L. Thomas is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in which he sought to hold the defendant liable for deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (See Docs. 11, 20.) The magistrate judge ordered Plaintiff to show cause why the Court should not dismiss the action for Plaintiff’s failure to prosecute. (Doc. 47.) After Plaintiff failed to respond, the magistrate judge found Plaintiff failed to prosecute the matter and failed to obey the Court’s orders. (Doc. 48.) The magistrate judge considered the factors identified by the Ninth Circuit in Henderson v. 24 …