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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES CATO, Case No. 2:17-cv-01873-TLN-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING AS MOOT

DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO COMPEL

v. ECF Nos. 57, 60 M. DARST, et al.,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Defendants. THAT THIS ACTION BE VOLUNTARILY

DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 41(a) 17 ECF No. 62

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

DAYS 20 21 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 6, 2020, defendants filed a motion to compel plaintiff to provide responses to written discovery. ECF No. 57. Plaintiff failed to file a response to that motion. Accordingly, on November 13, 2020, I ordered him to show cause why this action should not be dismissed for failure prosecute and to comply with the court’s local rules. ECF No. 59. On that same date, defendants…