(PS) Reyes v. Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IRVIN REYES, No. 2:21-cv-0571-KJM-CKD PS Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
KAISER PERMANENTE FOUNDATION
HOSPITAL,
15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff is proceeding without counsel in this fee-paid action against his former employer, Kaiser Permanente. On June 17, 2021, the court ordered plaintiff to proceed with prosecuting this case, despite the court’s initial misgivings that the action might be barred by res judicata. (ECF No. 11.) The court gave plaintiff 90 days to serve Kaiser, and on September 3, 2021 plaintiff timely filed an executed proof of service. (ECF No. 17.) The proof of service shows that Kaiser was personally served with the summons and complaint, via its registered agent for service of process, on August 16, 2021. (Id.) Since the September 3rd filing of this proof of service,
1 This case is referred to the undersigned for pre-trial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 26 §…