Cook

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 RON COOK, Case No. 1:21-cv-01478-AWI-EPG 11 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING RESPONSE

REGARDING ENTRY OF DEFAULT,

12 v. UNTIMELY ANSWER

13 (ECF No. 13, 20) RON SIMS, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16

Plaintiff Ron Cook proceeds through counsel in this civil rights action against Defendants 17 Ron Sims, James Funk, Salina Correa, Floyd Avila, Flor Garcia, and Pacific Valley Security 18 Patrol. (ECF No. 1). This matter is before the Court on the answer filed by Defendants Pacific 19 Valley Security Patrol and Flor Garcia. As explained below, the Court will require Defendant 20 Pacific Valley Security Patrol to file a response to this order regarding the entry of default against 21 it and the untimely answer and Defendant Flor Garcia to file a response regarding the untimely 22 answer. 23 Plaintiff filed this lawsuit on October 1, 2021. (ECF No. 1). Based on Plaintiff’s 24 representations that Defendant Pacific Valley Security Patrol was served on…