Beltran v. Martinez

Filing 10

ORDER, Plaintiff's motion for extension of time 9 is granted to the extent as set forth in thi sorder; Plaintiff has 30 days from the filing date of this Order to file a second amended complaint in compliance with the 2/11/13 Order 8 ; if Pla intiff fails to file a second amended complaint within 30 days, the Clerk must, without further notice, enter a judgment of dismissal of this action with prejudice that states that the dismissal may count as a "strike" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Signed by Senior Judge Robert C Broomfield on 3/14/13. (REW)

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1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Jose Carrera-Beltran, 9 Plaintiff, 10 vs. 11 Rosa Martinez, 12 Defendant. 13 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 12-2023-PHX-RCB (SPL) ORDER 14 Plaintiff Jose Carrera-Beltran, who is confined in the U.S. Penitentiary in Lompoc, 15 California, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named 16 Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), which the Court dismissed for 17 failure to state a claim with leave to amend. (Doc. 1, 5.) Plaintiff filed a First Amended 18 Complaint, which the Court also dismissed for failure to state a claim with leave to amend. 19 (Doc. 7, 8.) Plaintiff has filed a motion for extension of time to file a second amended 20 complaint. That motion will be granted to the extent set forth below. 21 Warnings 22 A. Release 23 Plaintiff must pay the unpaid balance of the filing fee within 120 days of his release. 24 Also, within 30 days of his release, he must either (1) notify the Court that he intends to pay 25 the balance or (2) show good cause, in writing, why he cannot. Failure to comply may result 26 in dismissal of this action. 27 28 JDDL-K B. Address Changes Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule 1 83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion for other 2 relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this 3 action. 4 C. Copies 5 Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See 6 LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further notice 7 to Plaintiff. 8 D. Possible “Strike” 9 Because the First Amended Complaint has been dismissed for failure to state a claim, 10 if Plaintiff fails to file a second amended complaint correcting the deficiencies identified in 11 the February 11, 2013 Order, the dismissal may count as a “strike” under the “3-strikes” 12 provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Under the 3-strikes provision, a prisoner may not bring 13 a civil action or appeal a civil judgment in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 “if the 14 prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, 15 brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds 16 that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, 17 unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” 28 U.S.C. 18 § 1915(g). 19 E. 20 If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of the February 11, 2013 Order 21 and this Order, including these warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further 22 notice. See Ferdik, 963 F.2d at 1260-61 (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to 23 comply with any order of the Court). 24 IT IS ORDERED: 25 26 27 28 JDDL-K (1) Possible Dismissal Plaintiff’s motion for extension of time is granted to the extent set forth below. (Doc. 9.) (2) Plaintiff has 30 days from the filing date of this Order to file a second amended complaint in compliance with the February 11, 2013 Order, doc. 8. -2- 1 (3) If Plaintiff fails to file a second amended complaint within 30 days, the Clerk 2 of Court must, without further notice, enter a judgment of dismissal of this action with 3 prejudice that states that the dismissal may count as a “strike” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 4 DATED this 14th day of March, 2013. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JDDL-K -3-

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