Batra
(PC) Keck v. Batra
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…