Mascarenas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD TIMBERLAND, No. 1:16-cv-00922-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION PURSUANT TO RULE 25(a)(1) vs. (Doc. No. 81.) G. MASCARENAS, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Ronald Timberland is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on June 27, 2016. (Doc. No. 1.) This case now proceeds with plaintiff’s second amended complaint, filed on June 20, 2018, against defendant G. Mascarenas for failure to protect plaintiff, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (Doc. No. 26.) On March 1, 2021, defense counsel (“Counsel”) filed a “Notice of Suggestion of Death of Plaintiff,” which states that Counsel was informed that plaintiff died on December 19, 2020. (Doc. No. 81.) Counsel also states that a copy of the notice was served on plaintiff’s father, Ramon Timberland, in the manner identified by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4. The 26…