Ward
Ward v. Lawrence
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANJALI WARD, et al., Case No. 19-cv-00183-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. 9 Re: ECF No. 195 JUDITH ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, et al., Defendants.
12 On April 19, 2023, the Court dismissed Plaintiffs’ second amended complaint for failure to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8. ECF No. 195. The Court granted leave to amend and ordered Plaintiffs to file a third amended complaint within 28 days. Because Plaintiffs did not comply with that deadline, the Court now dismisses this case without prejudice. In its April 19 order, the Court explained that it had previously dismissed Plaintiffs’ first amended complaint for failure to comply with Rule 8 and provided specific guidance regarding how the complaint should be amended to comply with the Rule. Id. at 1. The Court had then granted Plaintiffs three extensions of the deadline to file their second amended complaint; in total, Plaintiffs were given 154 days—over five months—to revise their complaint to comply with…