Batra

(PC) Keck v. Batra

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMay 15, 20201:19-cv-00910California508 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BILL KECK, Case No. 1:19-cv-00910-JDP

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT THIS CASE BE DISMISSED FOR

v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE

TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDERS

S. BATRA,

OBJECTIONS DUE IN THIRTY DAYS

Defendant.

ORDER THAT THE CLERK ASSIGN THIS

CASE TO A DISTRICT JUDGE

16 Plaintiff Bill Keck is a civil detainee proceeding without counsel and without prepayment of fees in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint was screened on December 2, 2019, and plaintiff was ordered to respond within thirty days. ECF No. 8. Plaintiff, however, filed neither a response to the screening order nor a first amended complaint. On April 6, 2020, the court issued an order to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute and comply with a court order. ECF No. 9. That order warned that a failure to respond would “constitute another failure to comply…

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