Xiangbing Liu v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 XIANGBING LIU, ) Case No. CV 19-9435-CAS (JPR) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR v. ) FAILURE TO PROSECUTE ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL )

SECURITY, )

) Defendant. ) ) ) 17 On November 1, 2019, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a 18 Complaint challenging the denial of Social Security benefits. 19 Under the terms of the Court’s November 7, 2019 case-management 20 order, which advised Plaintiff of the availability of help from 21 the pro se clinics, Plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the 22 pleadings was due March 30, 2020. When Plaintiff neither filed 23 the motion nor requested an extension of time to do so, the 24 Magistrate Judge sua sponte continued the deadline by 60 days 25 given the COVID-19 pandemic and national emergency. 26 When Plaintiff again filed nothing by the June 2 deadline, 27 the Magistrate Judge again sua sponte continued the motion 28 1 deadline by 60 days. But this…