Vasquez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 LEONARDO GUZMAN VASQUEZ, Case No. 1:24-cv-01068-KES-SAB 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF v. DEFENDANT MARK ALBERT MORLOK 14 MARK ALBERT MORLOK, et al., (ECF No. 12) 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff commenced this action on September 9, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) The deadline to serve Defendants was December 8, 2025, but Plaintiff failed to file proof of service as required by the Court’s September 9, 2024 order. Accordingly, on January 14, 2025, the Court ordered that Plaintiff file a notice of status of service. (ECF No. 4.) On January 21, 2025, Plaintiff informed the Court that he had not yet attempted service and requested an extension of “not less than 120 days” to do so. (ECF No. 5.) On January 22, 2025, the Court stated it did not find good cause to allow the case to linger on the Court’s docket for eight months before Plaintiff would attempt to serve Defendants. (ECF No. 6.) However, the Court found good cause to 25 …