Thornton

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ORDER of Dismissal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on 8/5/2016. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/5/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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San Francisco Division

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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In Re.

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Case No. 16-cv-02723-LB

WILLIAM CECIL THORNTON,

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Plaintiff.
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ORDER OF DISMISSAL
[Re: ECF No. 1 ]

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This action was opened on May 19, 2016, when the court received from William Cecil

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Thornton a copy of documents from his health-care appeal at the Valley State Prison in

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Chowchilla, California, where he is incarcerated. On that date, the court notified Mr. Thornton in

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writing that his action was deficient in that he had not attached a complaint and had not filed an in

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forma pauperis application. The court further notified him that this action would be dismissed if

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he did not submit a complaint and in forma pauperis application within 28 days. Mr. Thornton

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then filed a consent to proceed before a magistrate judge (ECF No. 5 1) and an in forma pauperis

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application (ECF No. 6), but did not file a complaint. This action is DISMISSED without

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prejudice because Mr. Thornton failed to file a complaint or other pleading showing the court has

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Record citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the
ECF-generated page numbers at the top of documents.

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jurisdiction over this action. The clerk shall close the file.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 5, 2016
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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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THORNTON,

Case No. 16-cv-02723-LB
Plaintiff,

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v.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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,
Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California.
That on August 5, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing
said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by
depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery
receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

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William Cecil Thornton ID: V64547
Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 92
Chowchilla, CA 93610-0099

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Dated: August 5, 2016

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Susan Y. Soong
Clerk, United States District Court

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By:________________________
Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the
Honorable LAUREL BEELER
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