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(PS) Novak v. Mendez ( 2021 )


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  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JOSEPH WILLIAM NOVAK, No. 2:20-cv-01721 JAM AC PS 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 TINA M. MENDEZ, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. The action was accordingly referred to the 17 undersigned for pretrial matters by E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 302(c)(21). On November 30, 18 2020, defendant Amerihome Mortgage Company LLC filed a motion to dismiss this case. ECF 19 No. 10. Plaintiff did not respond. Plaintiff did file an improperly noticed motion for default 20 judgment against a separate defendant, Tina Mendez, on December 7, 2020. ECF No. 12. 21 Defendant Mendez has appeared and made a motion to set aside default. ECF No. 14. 22 On January 5, 2021, in light of plaintiff’s failure to respond to the motion to dismiss, the 23 court issued an order to show cause within 14 days why this action should not be dismissed for 24 failure to prosecute. ECF No. 13. The court informed plaintiff that the filing of any statement of 25 good cause, or an opposition or non-opposition to the motion to dismiss, would satisfy the order. 26 Plaintiff was cautioned that failure respond could lead to a recommendation that the action be 27 dismissed. Plaintiff did not file any response. Plaintiff has not responded to the court’s orders, 28 nor taken any action to prosecute this case. 1 Therefore, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed, without 2 || prejudice, for lack of prosecution and for failure to comply with the court’s order. See Fed. R. 3 || Civ. P. 41(b); Local Rule 110. 4 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 5 || assigned to this case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Within twenty-one 6 || (21) days after being served with these findings and recommendations, plaintiff may file written 7 || objections with the court. Such document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate □□□□□□ 8 || Findings and Recommendations.” Local Rule 304(d). Plaintiff is advised that failure to file 9 | objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. 10 | Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 11 DATED: January 20, 2021 ~ 12 Chthien—Chare ALLISON CLAIRE 13 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Document Info

Docket Number: 2:20-cv-01721

Filed Date: 1/21/2021

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 6/19/2024