Jose Joaquin Lopez v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE JOAQUIN LOPEZ, Case No. 2:19-cv-02302-AB-KES

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DIS MISSING ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

SHERIFF’S DEPT., et al.,

Defendants.

I.

BACKGROUND In March 2019, Jose Joaquin Lopez (“Plaintiff”), an inmate in the custody of California, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and St. Francis Medical Center. (Dkt. 1.) The Court screened the complaint sua sponte in compliance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act and, on June 25, 2019, dismissed it for failure to state a claim. (Dkt. 10.) The Court gave Plaintiff until July 25, 2019 to file a First Amended Complaint. (Id. at 5.) 28 Plaintiff requested, and the Court granted, two extensions of this deadline, ultimately extending it to December 27,…