Gutierrez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN GUTIERREZ, Case No.: 20-cv-01836-BAS-WVG CDCR #F-02975,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

Plaintiff, WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE 13 R.C. JOHNSON, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 Plaintiff filed this civil rights action on September 16, 2020 alleging various violations arising from his incarceration in state prison. (ECF No. 1.) However, following several orders of the Court, Plaintiff has not taken any action to move this case forward. Accordingly, for the reasons discussed below, the Court exercises its inherent authority to dismiss Plaintiff’s action. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed this action on September 16, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) After permitting Plaintiff to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee, the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s Complaint for failing to state claims for relief and granted him 60 days leave to file an amended pleading fixing the noted deficiencies. (ECF No. 5.) Thus, Plaintiff’s deadline…