Doerer

(PC) Ridgeway v. Doerer

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMay 6, 20251:24-cv-01180California608 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL RIDGEWAY, Case No. 1:24-cv-1180 JLT GSA (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

v. DISMISSING THE ACTION WITHOUT

PREJUDICE, AND DIRECTING THE CLERK

J. DOERER, et al., OF COURT TO CLOSE THE CASE Defendants. (Doc. 6) 16 Michael Ridgeway seeks to hold the Government and several employees of the Bureau of Prisons—including, but not limited to, the Warden of USP Atwater, associate wardens, medical staff, mail room staff—liable for violations of his civil rights while incarcerated at USP Atwater.1 The assigned magistrate judge found Plaintiff failed to obey the Court’s orders to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis and file an amended complaint, and thus failed to prosecute the action. (Doc. 6 at 1-2; see also Doc. 2 at 9, Doc. 4 at 2.) The magistrate judge found terminating sanctions are appropriate, after considering the factors identified by the Ninth 24…

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