Mefford v. Baughman

Filing 5

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 9/12/2017 ORDERING this case be closed. CASE CLOSED. (Henshaw, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BRANDON LEIGH MEFFORD,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-1573-EFB P

v.

ORDER

DAVID BAUGHMAN,

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Defendant.

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Brandon Mefford is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. This action was opened

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when he submitted to the court a filing entitled “Order to Show Cause for [A] Preliminary

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Injunction.” ECF No. 1. On August 2, 2017, the court informed him that to properly commence

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a civil action, he needed to file a complaint and either pay the filing fee or request leave to

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proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 3. The court also warned that his failure to properly

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commence an action within thirty days could result in this case being closed. Id. Those thirty

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days have passed and he has not filed a complaint or otherwise responded to the court’s order.1

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Without a complaint, there is simply no case before the court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 3.

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He did, however, file the form indicating his consent to the jurisdiction of a United
States Magistrate Judge. ECF No. 4.

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Accordingly, it hereby is ORDERED that this case be closed.
DATED: September 12, 2017.

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