Demond Hershawn Little v. Alex Villanueva
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DEMOND HERSHAWN LITTLE, CASE NO. 2:19cv05745DSF (SK)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING ACTION
v. FOR LACK OF PROSECUTION ALEX VILLANUEVA, et al.,
Defendants.
Plaintiff is a California state prisoner suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his constitutional rights while a pretrial detainee in the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail. In August 2019, the complaint was screened and found deficient under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. (ECF 6). The screening order, however, granted Plaintiff leave to amend his complaint by no later than September 6, 2019. (Id.). That order warned Plaintiff that if he did not timely file either an amended complaint or other response to the screening order, this action would be involuntarily dismissed for lack of prosecution. (Id.). But as of this order, Plaintiff has filed no response to the screening order, no amended complaint, and no request for an extension of time. Nor has the Court received any undeliverable mail or a notice of change of address suggesting that Plaintiff did not receive the screening…