Smith v. Sacramento Sheriff Dept.

Filing 6

ORDER to SHOW CAUSE signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 12/9/2014 ORDERING plaintiff to show cause, within 14 days, why this action should not be dismissed. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KENNETH ARDELL SMITH,

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No. 2:14-cv-2338 KJN P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

SACRAMENTO SHERIFF’S DEPT.,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff consented to proceed

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before the undersigned for all purposes. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). On October 24, 2014, plaintiff

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was ordered to file a completed in forma pauperis affidavit within thirty days, and was cautioned

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that failure to do so would result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. The thirty

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day period has now expired, and plaintiff has not filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or otherwise

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responded to the court’s order. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff show

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cause, within fourteen days, why this action should not be dismissed. See Local Rule 110; Fed.

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R. Civ. P. 41(b)..

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Dated: December 9, 2014

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