Cranford v. Okpala

Filing 64

ORDER DISMISSING Action for Failure to Comply With a Court Order to Post Security, and DENYING Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment as Moot, signed by Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 1/27/17. CASE CLOSED. (Marrujo, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ARCHIE CRANFORD,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
ANTONIA OKPALA,

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Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-00921-LJO-SAB (PC)
ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR FAILURE
TO COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER TO POST
SECURITY, AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS
MOOT
[ECF Nos. 59, 61]

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Plaintiff Archie Cranford is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action

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pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions

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Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison

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Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000).

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On December 8, 2016, the Court granted Defendants’ motion for an order requiring Plaintiff to

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post security due to his vexatious status, and Plaintiff was directed to post security in the amount of

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$14, 195.00 within thirty days or the action would be dismissed. (ECF No. 61.) Over thirty days

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have passed and Plaintiff has failed to post security. Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the

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instant action is dismissed, and Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment filed on November 14, 2016,

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is denied as moot.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____

January 27, 2017

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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