Todd Tei v. Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TODD TEI, Case No. 2:20-cv-06559-JAK (MAA) Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL v.
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT
OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES et al., Defendants. 18 I. SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS On July 23, 2020, Plaintiff Todd Tei (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint alleging violations of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) On July 27, 2020, the Court issued an Order dismissing the Complaint for failure to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, with leave to file a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) by August 26, 2020. (Order, ECF No. 5.) The Order “advised that failure to comply with this order w[ould] result in a recommendation that the lawsuit be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute and/or comply with court orders. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); C.D. Cal. L.R. 41-1.” (Id. at 4.) On September 14, 2020, in the absence of a filed FAC,…