(PC) Arrellano-Lopez v. Gonzales

I. BACKGROUND

20 Plaintiff filed this lawsuit on January 23, 2023. (ECF No. 1). After screening, this case 21 proceeds on Plaintiff’s claim for failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment against 22 Officer J. Gonzales and Plaintiff’s claim for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment 23 against Officer J. Hardin. (ECF No. 20). On December 2, 2024, the Court issued an order requiring each party to submit a statement regarding the schedule and discovery matters within thirty days from the date of service of the order. (ECF No. 29). Defendants filed their statement on December 26, 2024. (ECF No. 30). After Plaintiff failed to file a timely statement, the Court granted him a sua sponte extension until January 31, 2025, to file one, advising him that, “if he fails to timely file a statement, [he] may be sanctioned for failing to prosecute his case and failing to obey a court order, up to and including dismissal of the case without prejudice.” (ECF No. 31). To date, Plaintiff has yet to file a statement or anything else in this case. Moreover, he has not filed anything in this case since his amended complaint, filed on August…