Ferrara
Anthony Richard Turner v. Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANTHONY RICHARD TURNER, No. 2:25-cv-0933 DC CSK P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 SHERIFF THOMAS A. FERRARA, 15 Respondent. 16 17 By order filed September 19, 2025, petitioner’s first amended petition for writ of habeas 18 corpus was dismissed, and thirty days’ leave to file a second amended petition was granted. The 19 thirty day period has now expired, and petitioner has not responded to the Court’s order. 20 In recommending this action be dismissed for failure to prosecute, the Court has 21 considered “(1) the public’s interest in expeditious resolution of litigation; (2) the court’s need to 22 manage its docket; (3) the risk of prejudice to the defendants; (4) the public policy favoring 23 disposition of cases on their merits; and (5) the availability of less drastic alternatives.” Ferdik v. 24 Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation omitted). Because this case cannot 25 move forward without petitioner’s…