Grimes v. Grossjan

Filing 8

ORDER and FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 1/5/2018 ORDERING Clerk of Court to assign a district judge to this case and RECOMMENDING this action be dismissed without prejudice. Assigned and referred to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. Objections due within 14 days after being served with these findings and recommendations. (Henshaw, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOSEPH GRIMES,

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No. 2:17-cv-2394 DB P

Plaintiff,

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v.

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M. GROSSJAN,

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ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Defendant.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §

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1983. On November 14, 2017, plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF

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No. 2.) However, plaintiff failed to sign the application. In an order filed November 17, 2017,

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the court ordered plaintiff to file a signed application or pay the $400 filing fee within thirty days.

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Plaintiff was provided a new copy of the Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner.

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Plaintiff was warned that if he failed to comply with the November 17 order, this court would

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recommend dismissal of this action.
Plaintiff has not filed a signed application to proceed in forma pauperis or paid the filing

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fee.
Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is HEREBY ORDERED to assign a district judge to

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this case; and

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IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed without prejudice. See
Fed. R. Civ. P. 41; E.D. Cal. R. 110.
These findings and recommendations will be submitted to the United States District

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Judge assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen

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days after being served with these findings and recommendations, plaintiff may file written

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objections with the court. The document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge's

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Findings and Recommendations.” Plaintiff is advised that failure to file objections within the

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specified time may result in waiver of the right to appeal the district court’s order. Martinez v.

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Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991).

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Dated: January 5, 2018

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DLB:9
DLB1/prisoner-civil rights/grim2394.fta

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