Lassiter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GENE E. EVANS, Case No. 2:16-cv-01997-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER K. LASSITER, et al., Defendants. 16 On May 11, 2023, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. ECF No. 84. To date, plaintiff has not filed a response to defendants’ motion. In cases where a party is incarcerated and proceeding without counsel, a responding party is required to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition not more twenty-one days after the date the motion is served. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(l). Failure “to file an opposition or to file a statement of no opposition may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion and may result in the imposition of sanctions.” Id. To manage its docket effectively, the court requires litigants to meet certain deadlines. The court may impose sanctions, including dismissal of a case, for failure to comply with court orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); E.D.…