Parker

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GARY RAY BETTENCOURT, Case No. 1:16-cv-00150-NODJ-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS ACTION FOR FAILURE TO

13 v. PROSECUTE 14 PARKER, et al., FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. Background 18 Plaintiff Gary Ray Bettencourt (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 19 forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on 20 Plaintiff’s claims of deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment against 21 Defendant Crooks for pulling two teeth that did not need to be pulled, and against Defendants 22 Parker and Guzman for filing down six healthy teeth with a dental tool used for drilling cavities. 23 On December 1, 2023, this case was temporarily reassigned to No District Court Judge 24 (NODJ). (ECF No. 108.) On December 15, 2023, the Court’s order reassigning the case was 25 returned as “Undeliverable, Inactive.” Plaintiff’s…