(HC) Clarke v. Trate ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SWAIN CLARKE, No. 1:22-cv-00820-ADA-CDB (HC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DISMISSING THE ACTION WITH PREJUDICE 14 B. TRATE, (ECF Nos. 11, 21) 15 Defendant. 16 17 Petitioner Swain Clarke (“Petitioner”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition 18 for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. On March 7, 2023, this Court dismissed 19 Petitioner’s escape hatch claim with prejudice and his unconstitutional custody claim without 20 prejudice and granted Petitioner thirty (30) days to file a second amended petition “to the extent 21 Petitioner in good faith can cure the deficiencies” noted in the unconstitutional custody claim. (ECF 22 No. 17.) 23 On March 31, 2023, Petitioner requested, and this Court granted, a thirty (30) day extension 24 of time to file a second amended petition. (ECF Nos. 18, 20). On June 14, 2023, Petitioner filed 25 a second request for extension of time in which he explained, “[o]ne more 60 day extension will 26 give me the time I need to successfully file the second amended” petition. (ECF No. 21 at 1.) On 27 June 16, 2023, the Court granted Petitioner’s request for sixty (60) additional days within which to 28 file a second amended petition. (ECF No. 22.) 1 More than 60 days have passed and the time by which Petitioner was required to file a 2 || second amended petition has expired. Petitioner has neither filed a second amended petition nor a 3 | request for further extension. (See docket.) Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 4 | authorizes courts to dismiss an action for failure to comply with a court order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 | 41(b). Although that rule appears to contemplate that dismissal will be precipitated by a motion 6 | from an opposing party, a court may act sua sponte under Rule 41(b). Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 7 | 370 US. 626, 630 (1962); Pagtalunan vy. Galaza, 291 F.3d 639, 640-43 (9th Cir. 2002) (affirming 8 | district court’s sua sponte dismissal of habeas petition with prejudice “for failure to prosecute and 9 | failure to comply with a court order’); see also Baymiller v. California, No. 10 | 217CV2458MCEKJNP, 2023 WL 113751, at *5 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 5, 2023), report and 11 recommendation adopted, No. 217CV2458MCEKJNP, 2023 WL 1971462 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 13, 12 | 2023). The Court understands Petitioner’s lack of action to mean that he cannot in good faith 13 | replead his unconstitutional custody claim to resolve the discrepancies noted by the Court 14 || previously. Consequently, the Court orders that the action is dismissed with prejudice. See 15 | Pagtalunan, 291 F.3d at 640-43. 16 Accordingly, 17 1. Petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, (ECF No. 11), is 18 DISMISSED with prejudice; and 19 2. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. 20 21 92 | IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 Dated: _ September 5, 2023 UNITED f£TATES DISTRICT JUDGE 25 26 27 28