Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK SHANE THOMPSON, Case No. 1:18-cv-00125-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CASE, WITH

PREJUDICE, FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR

v. FOR JURY TRIAL, AND GRANTING

DEFENDANTS FOURTEEN DAYS TO

A. GOMEZ, et al., FILE BILL OF COSTS Defendants.

13 Plaintiff Mark Shane Thompson is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case was scheduled for jury trial on October 17, 2022, at 8:30 a.m., and the case was called to proceed to trial on this date. Defense counsel Arthur Mark, Gracie Pollard and Olena Likhachova appeared, as well as Defendants J. Busby, A. Gomez, C. Gray, D. Johnson, Y. Sazo and E. Weiss. However, Plaintiff failed to appear for the jury trial, despite the fact that a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum was issued on September 15, 2022, ordering his appearance. (ECF No. 130.). The defendants were ready to proceed to trial. Defendants orally requested that the case be…