Lopes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CORNELIUS LOPES, Case No. 20-CV-08086-LHK

Plaintiff,

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION AND

v.

DISMISSING AMENDED COMPLAINT

WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND

REDDIT, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 14, 19 Defendants. 17 On November 17, 2020, pro se Plaintiff Cornelius Lopes filed the instant case against Defendants Reddit, Inc., Erin Baldassari, Ryan Thompsen, Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News, and First Media. ECF No. 1. Since February 17, 2021, United States Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins has held a case management conference at which Plaintiff failed to appear; issued three orders screening the complaints; and granted Plaintiff four opportunities to amend his complaint. ECF Nos. 8, 11, 13, 16. Specifically, on June 14, 2021, Judge Cousins issued his third screening order, entitled “Order to Show Cause Why Case Should Not be Dismissed for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction” (hereafter, “OSC”). ECF No. 16.…