Guiltron

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, 1:18-cv-01364-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO

FILE OPPOSITION OR STATEMENT OF

v. NON-OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT

FLORES’S MOTION TO DISMISS,

DEPUTY GUILTRON, WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS

Defendant. (ECF No. 35.)

19 William J. Gradford (“Plaintiff”) is a former prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds against defendant Deputy Guiltron (“Defendant”) for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. On September 8, 2020, defendant Guiltron filed a motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 35.) Plaintiff was required to file an opposition or a statement of non-opposition to the motion within twenty-one days, but has not done so. Local Rule 230(l). Local Rule 230(l) provides that the failure to oppose a motion “may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion . . .” The court may…