Timothy Edward Lyles v. Alex Villanueva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 TIMOTHY EDWARD LYLES, ) Case No. CV 19-4539-CAS (JPR) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DISMISSING ACTION WITH v. ) PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO ) PROSECUTE AND FAILURE TO STATE A

ALEX VILLANUEVA, ) CLAIM

) Defendant. ) ) On May 24, 2019, Plaintiff filed this civil-rights action pro se. The allegations of the Complaint are substantially similar to those of a lawsuit Plaintiff filed in 2014, which was dismissed without prejudice after he failed to prosecute it. See Order Dismissing Action, Lyles v. Scott, No. CV 14-4519-CAS (JPR) (C.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2014), ECF No. 21. On August 29, 2019, the Magistrate Judge dismissed this Complaint for failure to state a claim but with leave to amend, warning Plaintiff in bold letters that if he failed to file a timely amended complaint his lawsuit would “likely” be dismissed for the reasons stated in the order and for failure to…