(PC) Barnes v. Van Ness et al

Filing 23

ORDER Requiring Defendant to File Responsive Pleading and ORDER Directing Clerk to Serve a Copy of This Order on Ashley Reyes signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 10/15/2020. Responsive Pleading due by Close of Business on 10/30/2020. (Jessen, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ANTOINE DESHAWN BARNES,

Case No. 1:20-cv-00625-NONE-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANT TO
FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING

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v.
VAN NESS,
Defendant.

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ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO
SERVE A COPY OF THIS ORDER ON
ASHLEY REYES

Antoine Barnes (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in
this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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On October 14, 2020, Defendant filed his waiver of service, acknowledging that he had

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sixty days from August 12, 2020, to file his responsive pleading. (ECF No. 22). This deadline

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has passed, and Defendant has not filed his responsive pleading. Accordingly, the Court gives

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Defendant until the close of business on October 30, 2020, to file his responsive pleading. If

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Defendant fails to file his responsive pleading by the close of business on October 30, 2020, the

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Court will direct the Clerk of Court to enter Defendant’s default.

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Additionally, the Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on Ashley
Reyes, Weakley & Arendt, PC, 5200 N Palm Ave Ste 211, Fresno, CA 93704-2225.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

October 15, 2020

/s/

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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