Wright
(PC) Hammler v. Wright
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, No. 2:15-cv-01645-TLN-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL J. WRIGHT, Defendant. 16 On January 9, 2020, the Court vacated the trial date for the above-captioned matter and ordered Plaintiff Allen Hammler (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, to show cause as to why the case should not be dismissed with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute as a result of Plaintiff’s refusal to board the transportation vehicle and subsequent failure to appear at trial. (ECF No. 191.) Plaintiff filed a response as well as a supplemental response to the Court’s Order to Show Cause (ECF Nos. 193, 194), to which Defendant subsequently responded (ECF No. 195). On January 31, 2020, this Court rejected Plaintiff’s “causes” for failing to board the transport bus in order to appear at trial as unsubstantiated and unavailing. (ECF No. 196 at 3.) 26 The Court also denied…