(PC) Foster v. Tulare County Sheriff's Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONAS B. FOSTER ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01596 JLT SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATION, GRANTING v. ) DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS, AND ) DISMISSING THE ACTION WITHOUT TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S ) PREJUDICE DEPARTMENT, et al., ) ) (Docs. 35, 36, 37, and 38) ) Defendants. ) )

Jonas B. Foster initiated this action seeking to hold the defendants liable for violating his civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants moved to dismiss the action pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Docs. 36, 36.) On April 15, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge determined Plaintiff failed to prosecute the matter and abandoned the litigation. (Doc. 38 at 3-5.) The magistrate judge noted Plaintiff failed to appear for his properly noticed deposition and failed to provide the Court with a proper mailing address…