(HC) Townsend v. Coalinga State Hospital ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 REBIO RONNIE TOWNSEND, Case No. 1:23-cv-00562-SKO (HC/PC) 10 Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE 11 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO DISMISS 12 ROBERT BONTA, COALINGA PETITION STATE HOSPITAL, 13 [FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE] Respondents. 14 15 16 Petitioner is a state civil committee proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas 17 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. After conducting a preliminary review of the petition, the 18 Court discovered that Petitioner raised numerous claims sounding in habeas corpus and civil 19 rights. Petitioner was advised that he cannot pursue multiple types of actions in one case. 20 Petitioner was provided the form complaints for both types of actions and an opportunity to file 21 an amended petition/complaint on the form that correlates with the action he intended to pursue 22 here, along with information pertaining to each type of action. He was granted thirty (30) days to 23 comply with the Court’s order. Petitioner was forewarned that failure to comply would result in 24 dismissal of the action. 25 Over thirty (30) days have passed, and Petitioner has not responded in any manner. 26 ORDER 27 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to assign a district judge to 28 this case. 1 RECOMMENDATION 2 Accordingly, the Court HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the Petition for Writ of Habeas 3 Corpus be SUMMARILY DISMISSED with prejudice for failure to state a claim. 4 This Findings and Recommendation is submitted to the United States District Court Judge 5 assigned to this case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. section 636 (b)(1)(B) and Rule 304 6 of the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California. 7 Within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy, Petitioner may file written objections 8 with the Court. Such a document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings 9 and Recommendation.” The Court will then review the Magistrate Judge’s ruling pursuant to 28 10 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(C). Petitioner is advised that failure to file objections within the specified 11 time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 12 (9th Cir. 1991). 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 Dated: May 24, 2023 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto . 16 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28