(PS) Hammerbeck v. County of Shasta

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD KEVIN HAMMERBECK, No. 2:18-CV-2289-JAM-DMC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COUNTY OF SHASTA, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, brings this civil action. Pending before the Court is Defendant’s unopposed motion to dismiss. See ECF No. 37. Defendant seeks dismissal as an appropriate sanction for Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the Court’s December 22, 2020, order granting Defendant’s motion to compel and ordering Plaintiff to provide discovery and pay reasonable expenses within 30 days. On November 12, 2020, Defendant filed a motion to compel. See ECF No. 32. Plaintiff did not file an opposition. In granting the unopposed motion, the Court stated:

The Court has reviewed Defendant’s discovery requests, provided as exhibits to the declaration of Gary Brickwood, Esq., filed in support of Defendant’s motion, see ECF No. 32-2, Exhibits 1, 2, and 3,…