Nite

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DEAN MICHAEL STEVENS, Case No. 2:25-cv-0785-DAD-JDP (P)

12 Plaintiff,

13 v.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

14 SHUGE NITE,

15 Defendant. 16 On June 10, 2025, I screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and dismissed it for 17 failure to state a claim. ECF No. 12. I ordered plaintiff to file, within thirty days, either an 18 amended complaint or a notice of voluntary dismissal of this action. Id. Plaintiff failed to 19 comply with that order. Accordingly, on October 10, 2025, I ordered plaintiff to show cause why 20 this action should not be dismissed. ECF No. 14. I notified plaintiff that if he wished to continue 21 with this lawsuit, he must file an amended complaint. I also warned plaintiff that failure to 22 comply with the October 10 order would result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. 23 Id. Plaintiff has not responded to the order to show cause, and the time to do so has passed. 24 The court has the inherent power to control its docket and may, in the exercise of that 25…