(PC) Howard v. Brown, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 MICHAEL ANTHONY HOWARD, Case No. 1:18-cv-01710-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE

OPPOSITION OR STATEMENT OF NON-

v. OPPOSITION TO F. HANNA’S MOTION

TO DISMISS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

14 SGT. ENCINAS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Michael Howard (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 18, 2019, F. Hanna filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that he is not named in the Court’s order of service or the summons (W. Hanna is the named defendant). (ECF No. 28). Plaintiff was required to file an opposition or a statement of non-opposition to the motions within twenty-one days (Local Rule 230(l)), but did not do so. Local Rule 230(l) provides that the failure “to file an opposition or to file a statement of no opposition may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion and may result in the imposition of sanctions.” “Failure…