Baston v. Yett, et al.

Filing 20

ORDER Requiring Plaintiff to File Opposition or Statement of Non-Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss within Fourteen Days signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 08/31/2017. (Flores, E)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 ELGAN BASTON, 11 v. 12 13 Case No. 1:16-cv-01564-LJO-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE OPPOSITION OR STATEMENT OF NONOPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS EDWARD M. YETT, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Elgan Baston ("Plaintiff") is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 17 pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 31, 2017, defendants 18 filed a motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 18). Plaintiff was required to file an opposition or a 19 statement of non-opposition to the motion within twenty-one days (Local Rule 230(l)), but did not 20 do so. 21 Local Rule 230(l) provides that the failure to oppose a motion “may be deemed a waiver 22 of any opposition to the granting of the motion and may result in the imposition of sanctions.” 23 However, the Court will give Plaintiff an additional thirty days to file an opposition or statement 24 of non-opposition to the motion to dismiss. The Court will deem any failure to oppose the motion 25 to dismiss as a waiver of any opposition, and may recommend that the motion be granted on that 26 basis. 27 Failure to follow a district court’s local rules is a proper ground for dismissal. U.S. v. 28 Warren, 601 F.2d 471, 474 (9th Cir. 1979). Thus, a Court may dismiss an action for a plaintiff’s 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 failure to oppose a motion to dismiss, where the applicable local rule determines that failure to oppose a motion will be deemed a waiver of opposition. See Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52 (9th Cir. 1995), cert. denied 516 U.S. 838 (1995) (dismissal upheld even where plaintiff contends he did not receive motion to dismiss, where plaintiff had adequate notice, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b), and time to file opposition); cf. Heinemann v. Satterberg, 731 F.3d 914, 916 (9th Cir. 2013) (holding that a motion for summary judgment cannot be granted based on a failure to file opposition, regardless of any local rule to the contrary). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 9 1. Within fourteen days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall file an 10 opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion to dismiss; and 11 2. If Plaintiff fails to comply with this order, the Court will deem the failure to 12 respond as a waiver of any opposition and may recommend that the motion to 13 dismiss be granted on that basis. Additionally, the Court may recommend that this 14 case be dismissed for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with a court order. 15 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 18 Dated: August 31, 2017 /s/ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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