Redman

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BLACKIE FLORINCEO ALVAREZ Sr., Case No. 2:21-cv-01932-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE

AN AMENDED COMPLAINT OR NOTICE

13 v. OF ELECTION TO STAND BY HIS

COMPLAINT

14 GRAY REDMAN, et al., ECF No. 14 15 Defendants. 16 17 On May 10, 2022, I screened plaintiff’s complaint and notified him that it did not state a 18 cognizable claim. ECF No. 4. I granted him thirty days from the date of that order either to file 19 an amended complaint or to advise the court that he wished to stand by his complaint. Id. at 3-4. 20 On June 15, 2022, I granted plaintiff an additional thirty days to file an amended complaint. ECF 21 No. 10. Plaintiff had not filed an amended complaint by the deadline, and accordingly, on August 22 22, 2022, I ordered him to show cause for why this case should not be dismissed for failure to 23 prosecute and failure to state a claim. ECF No. 13. I also instructed plaintiff that if he wished to 24 continue with this lawsuit, he…