Wright

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, No. 2:15-cv-1645-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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J. WRIGHT, Defendant. 16 This section 1983 action was set for trial on January 13, 2020. ECF No. 134. Three days before trial, counsel for defendant notified the court that plaintiff had refused to board the transport charged with producing him for trial. See ECF No. 191. On January 31, 2020, the district judge found fault with plaintiff’s decision not to board the transport but permitted plaintiff “one last chance to pursue this litigation.” See ECF No. 196 at 3. That order directed plaintiff to file – within twenty days of the order’s entry - a status report indicating how he intended to proceed in this action. Id. at 3-4. Plaintiff’s status report was due on February 20, 2020. When that date passed without a status report appearing on the docket, the district judge on February 21, 2020 entered an order (and…