(PS) Murphy v. JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHANNON O. MURPHY, SR. No. 2:20–cv–1688–TLN–CKD PS Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
v. (ECF No. 6) JP MORGAN CHASE & CO., Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint against defendant asserting various causes of action for being denied a bank account in a “rude” manner; he also requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (See ECF Nos. 1, 2.) The court granted plaintiff’s IFP request and dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff was given 28 days to amend the complaint and was warned that a failure to do so by the required deadline “may result in the imposition of sanctions, including dismissal of the action with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).” (Id. at 4.) When that deadline passed with no filings from plaintiff, the court on October 21, 2020 issued an order to show cause within 14 days why this action should…