Gividen v. Fochesatto et al

Filing 16

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION: The Magistrate Judge recommends that the District Judge enter an order DISMISSING this matter WITHOUT PREJUDICE; DENYING AS MOOT Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Doc. 12 ); and DENYING AS MOOT Defendants' Request for Summary Ruling on Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 15 ). Any party may serve and file written objections within fourteen days after being served with a copy of this Report and Recommendation. A party may respond to another party's objections within fourteen days after being served with a copy. Signed by Magistrate Judge Bruce G Macdonald on 9/7/2017. (See attached for details) (DPS)

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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 JoAn Ada Gividen, Plaintiff, 10 11 12 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION v. Dr. Luciano Fochesatto, M.D., et al. Defendants. 13 14 15 No. CV-17-00118-TUC-JGZ (BGM) Currently pending before the Court is Defendants’ Request for Summary Ruling 16 on Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 15). On July 17, 2017, the Defendants filed a Motion to 17 Dismiss (Doc. 12). On July 24, 2017, the Court issued a Stratton1 notice to Plaintiff 18 informing her that she had until August 28, 2017 to file her response. Order 7/24/2017 19 20 21 22 (Doc. 14). On that same date, the Court again warned Plaintiff that her failure to comply with the provisions of the Order could result in dismissal of her claims. See id. On or about August 18, 2017, Plaintiff left a voicemail with undersigned’s office 23 24 indicating that she had been ill and needed additional time; however, Plaintiff did not 25 indicate how much additional time, file such request with the Court, or call again. 26 Moreover, the Court does not accept telephonic requests. See LRCiv. 7.3. 27 28 1 Stratton v. Buck, 697 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2012). 1 2 In light of Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the Court’s July 24, 2017 Order (Doc. 14), the Magistrate Judge recommends dismissal of this cause of action. See Ferdik v. 3 4 5 6 Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to comply with any order of the Court). For the reasons delineated above, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the 7 8 District Judge enter an order: 9 1) DISMISSING this matter WITHOUT PREJUDICE; 10 2) DENYING AS MOOT Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Doc. 11 12 13 14 15 12); and 3) DENYING AS MOOT Defendants’ Request for Summary Ruling on Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 15). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b) and Rule 72(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil 16 17 18 19 Procedure, any party may serve and file written objections within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy of this Report and Recommendation. A party may respond to another party’s objections within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy. Fed. 20 21 R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2). If objections are not timely filed, they may be deemed waived. If 22 objections are filed, the parties should use the following case number: CV-17-0118- 23 TUC-JGZ. 24 25 Dated this 7th day of September, 2017. 26 27 28 -2-

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