Bontemps v. Sotak et al

Filing 114

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 05/10/18 ORDERING that within 21 days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall file either an opposition to the motion or a statement of no opposition. (Plummer, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GREGORY C. BONTEMPS, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:09-cv-2115-MCE-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SOTAK, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 30, 2018, defendants filed a motion to compel. The time for 19 responding has passed, and plaintiff has not filed an opposition, a statement of no opposition, or 20 otherwise responded to the motion. 21 In cases in which one party is incarcerated and proceeding without counsel, motions 22 ordinarily are submitted on the record without oral argument. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 230(l). 23 “Opposition, if any, to the granting of the motion shall be served and filed by the responding 24 party not more than twenty-one (21), days after the date of service of the motion. ” Id. A 25 responding party’s failure “to file an opposition or to file a statement of no opposition may be 26 deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the motion and may result in the imposition 27 of sanctions.” Id. Furthermore, a party’s failure to comply with any order or with the Local 28 Rules “may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions authorized by statute 1 1 or Rule or within the inherent power of the Court.” E.D. Cal. Local Rule 110. The court may 2 recommend that an action be dismissed with or without prejudice, as appropriate, if a party 3 disobeys an order or the Local Rules. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1263 (9th Cir. 4 1992) (district court did not abuse discretion in dismissing pro se plaintiff’s complaint for failing 5 to obey an order to re-file an amended complaint to comply with Federal Rules of Civil 6 Procedure); Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1440-41 (9th Cir. 1988) (dismissal for pro se 7 plaintiff’s failure to comply with local rule regarding notice of change of address affirmed). 8 9 Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that, within 21 days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall file either an opposition to the motion or a statement of no opposition. Failure to 10 comply with this order may result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without 11 prejudice. 12 DATED: May 10, 2018. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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