Forte v. Merced County, et al.

Filing 15

ORDER ADMONISHING Plaintiff to Cease Email Communication Attempts. signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 7/17/2015. (Herman, H)

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 EUGENE E. FORTE, Plaintiff, 6 7 CASE NO. 1:15-cv-0147 KJM-BAM ORDER ADMONISHING PLAINTIFF TO CEASE EMAIL COMMUNICATION ATTEMPTS v. 8 MERCED COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 9 10 / 11 12 It has come to the Court’s attention that Plaintiff Eugene Forte has been emailing chambers 13 seeking legal advice in connection with this matter. Plaintiff asks the Court to calculate the due date 14 of his First Amended Complaint. Computing any time period in federal court is governed by Federal 15 Rules of Civil Procedure and therefore not a proper inquiry for the Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a). 16 Plaintiff is informed that that Court cannot provide legal advice or act as advocate for any litigant. See 17 Rao v. AmerisourceBergen Corp., No. CIV S-08-1527 DAD PS, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41371, 2011 18 WL 1464378, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 15, 2011). Further, ex parte communications, including requests 19 for legal advice, are not permitted. Plaintiff is ordered to cease and desist any contact with the Court 20 and Court staff unless it is in the context of a lawfully brought motion, filed pursuant to law and 21 procedure, and made publicly viewable on the docket. Failure to abide by this Order will result in 22 sanctions, including the possibility of dismissal of the pending case. 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 Dated: /s/ Barbara July 17, 2015 A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 28 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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