Vianez v. United States District Court of Arizona

Filing 10

ORDER, Plaintiff's 12/23/13 Document 8 is denied; this action is dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to comply with a Court order; the Clerk must enter judgment accordingly and close this case; other than a document submitted in furtherance of an appeal, the Clerk shall accept no further documents for filing in this case number. Signed by Senior Judge Robert C Broomfield on 1/13/14, nunc pro tunc. (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 9 Juan Vianez, 10 Plaintiff, 11 12 No. CV 13-2310-PHX-RCB (BSB) vs. ORDER District Court of Phoenix, 13 14 Defendant. 15 16 I Procedural History 17 On November 12, 2013, Plaintiff Juan Vianez, who is confined in the United 18 States Penitentiary-Florence in Florence, Colorado, filed a pro se Complaint pursuant to 19 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In a November 18, 2013 Order, the Court noted that Plaintiff had not 20 paid the $400.00 filing and administrative fees or filed an Application to Proceed In 21 Forma Pauperis. 22 administrative fees or file an Application to Proceed. The Court also dismissed the 23 Complaint because Plaintiff had not filed on a court-approved form, as required by Local 24 Rule 3.4. The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to file an amended complaint on a court- 25 approved form. The Court warned Plaintiff that his case would be dismissed without 26 prejudice and without further notice if he failed to (1) file an amended complaint within 27 30 days and (2) pay the filing and administrative fees or file a complete Application to 28 Proceed In Forma Pauperis. The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the filing and 1 On November 25, 2013, Plaintiff filed a Document (Doc. 4) entitled “Venire 2 facias[;] Oral hearing (A)(2).” On December 2, 2013, he filed a Document (Doc. 5) 3 entitled “Quad Pemitt[;] Delay” and a Document (Doc. 6) entitled “Order.” 4 December 12, 2013 Order, the Court denied Documents 4 and 6 and indicated that the 5 Court would take no action on Document 5 because Plaintiff had requested no relief in 6 that document. 7 II. In a December 23, 2013 Document 8 On December 23, 2013, Plaintiff filed a Document (Doc. 8) entitled “Venire 9 facias[;] Quad Pemittat.” Plaintiff states that he “has provided the courts with all the 10 information they need. He would like a pro bono and personal investigator he has 11 requested.” 12 First, there is no constitutional right to the appointment of counsel in a civil case. 13 See Ivey v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Alaska, 673 F.2d 266, 269 (9th Cir. 1982). In 14 proceedings in forma pauperis, the court may request an attorney to represent any person 15 unable to afford one. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). But Plaintiff has not been authorized to 16 proceed in forma pauperis because he has not filed an Application to Proceed In Forma 17 Pauperis. Thus, the Court will deny Plaintiff’s request for a pro bono attorney and 18 personal investigator. 19 Second, although Plaintiff contends that he “has provided the courts with all the 20 information they need,” he is incorrect. Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint and 21 has not either paid the filing and administrative fees or filed an Application to Proceed In 22 Forma Pauperis, as required by the November 18 Order. Thus, the Court will dismiss 23 this action, without prejudice, pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 24 Procedure, for failure to comply with a Court order. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 25 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (stating a district court may dismiss action for failure to 26 comply with any order of the court). 27 IT IS ORDERED: 28 (1) Plaintiff’s December 23, 2013 Document (Doc. 8) is denied. -2- 1 (2) This action is dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the 2 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to comply with a Court order; the Clerk of 3 Court must enter judgment accordingly and close this case. 4 5 6 (3) Other than a document submitted in furtherance of an appeal, the Clerk of Court shall accept no further documents for filing in this case number. DATED this 13th day of January, 2014, nunc pro tunc. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3-

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