(PS) Powell v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHANNON R. POWELL, No. 2:24-cv-00030-DAD-CKD (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, who proceeds without counsel, initiated this action with a complaint filed in the Sacramento County Superior Court. (See ECF No. 1.) On January 4, 2024, defendant, the United States of America, removed the case to this court. (Id.) This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and E.D. Cal. Local Rule 302(c)(21). On January 12, 2024, defendant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or, in the alternative, for failure to state a claim. (ECF No. 3.) The motion was set for a hearing to take place on February 21, 2024. (Id.) Under the court’s Local Rules, plaintiff was to respond to defendant’s motion no later than 14 days after the motion was filed. See E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(c) (“Opposition, if any, to the granting of the motion shall be…