(PC) Quarles v. California State Prison Corcoran

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMarch 3, 20201:19-cv-00109California399 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NIKKO JAVOR QUARLES, Case No. 1:19-cv-00109-AWI-JDP

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

v. CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE

CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON

TO COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER

CORCORAN, et al., 13 Defendants. THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

15 Plaintiff Nikko Javor Quarles is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil 16 rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint was screened on July 17, 17 2019, and plaintiff was ordered to respond within thirty days. ECF No. 10. On August 15, 18 2019, plaintiff moved for a thirty-day extension, ECF No. 13, which we granted, ECF No. 14. 19 Plaintiff, however, has filed neither a response to the screening order nor a first amended 20 complaint. 21 To manage our docket effectively, we impose deadlines and require litigants to meet 22 those deadlines. When a plaintiff fails to comply with court-imposed deadlines, the court may 23 dismiss the plaintiff’s case for failure to prosecute. See Fed. R. Civ.…

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