Smith v. Fantone et al

Filing 20

ORDER DISCHARGING 18 Order to Show Cause; ORDER DIRECTING Clerk to enter Defaults and Serve a copy of this Order and Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment on Supervising Deputy Attorney General Monica Anderson, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 08/28/17. (Attachments: # 1 Motion for Default Judgment)(Martin-Gill, S)

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1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 Plaintiff, 8 9 10 11 Case No. 1:16-cv-01179-EPG (PC) TRAYVONE SMITH, ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (ECF NO. 18) v. ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO ENTER DEFAULTS AND SERVE A COPY OF THIS ORDER AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT ON SUPERVISING DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL MONICA ANDERSON EMMANUEL J. FANTONE and JASWANT KHOKHAR, Defendants. 12 13 14 15 16 Trayvone Smith (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 Both defendants in this case have executed a waiver of service of summons. (ECF Nos. 18 16 & 17). Both defendants have failed to file a responsive pleading within the time period laid 19 out in the waivers. (Id.). 20 Because Plaintiff had not moved for a default judgment or otherwise attempted to 21 prosecute this case after Defendants’ failure to file responsive pleadings, the Court ordered 22 Plaintiff to show cause why this case should not be dismissed, without prejudice, for failure to 23 prosecute. (ECF No. 18). The Court noted that if Plaintiff began going through the appropriate 24 procedure to get a default judgment, the Court would vacate the order to show cause. (Id.). 25 26 27 On August 21, 2017, Plaintiff filed a motion for default judgment. (ECF No. 19). Accordingly, the Court will vacate its order to show cause. Additionally, the Court construes the motion as asking that the defaults of defendants 28 1 1 Emmanuel J. Fantone and Jaswant Khokhar be entered.1 Because both defendants executed 2 waivers of service but have failed to plead or otherwise defend this case, the Court will grant 3 this request and direct the Clerk of Court to enter the defaults of defendants Emmanuel J. 4 Fantone and Jaswant Khokhar. Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a). 5 Accordingly, based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: 6 1. The order to show cause entered on August 7, 2017 (ECF No. 18), is 7 DISCHARGED; 8 2. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter the defaults of defendants Emmanuel J. 9 Fantone and Jaswant Khokhar; and 10 3. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and Plaintiff’s 11 motion for default judgment (ECF No. 19) on Supervising Deputy Attorney 12 General Monica Anderson. 13 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 28, 2017 /s/ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 Plaintiff erroneously states that default has already been entered. (ECF No. 19, p. 1). 2

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