Spatcher
Spatcher v. San Diego Sheriff Dept.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 GREGORY LEON SPATCHER, Case No. 19-cv-1919-BAS-BLM CDCR #BJ-9222,
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
Plaintiff,
v.
SAN DIEGO SHERIFF DEP’T, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Gregory Leon Spatcher filed a first amended complaint on January 9, 2020. On January 27, 2020, the Court dismissed certain Defendants but permitted the case to go forward against Defendants Lake and Escobar. (ECF No. 5.) The Court ordered the Clerk to forward to Plaintiff blank U.S. Marshal Form 285s for these two Defendants and ordered Plaintiff to fill out the forms and return them to the United States Marshal for service. No proof of service was filed. On July 14, 2020, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause why Defendants have not been served. The Court ordered Plaintiff to file a response to the order informing the Court whether and when he filled out and returned the U.S. Marshal Form 285s. His response was due by August 7, 2020, and the Court noted: “Failure to timely respond 1…