(PC) Ashanti v. California Health Care Facility
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ASKIA SANKOFA ASHANTI, formerly No. 2:21-CV-0516-TLN-DMC-P known as Lorenzo Renell Cunningham, 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 v.
CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE
FACILITY, et al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 11, 2022, the Court directed Plaintiff to pay the filing fees for this case within 30 days. Plaintiff has been warned that failure to comply with court orders may result in dismissal of this action for lack of prosecution. See Local Rule 110. To date, Plaintiff has not complied. The Court must weigh five factors before imposing the harsh sanction of dismissal. See Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 2000); Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987). Those factors are: (1) the public's interest in expeditious resolution of litigation; (2) the court's need to manage its own docket; (3) the…