Lopez et al v. United States Secret Service

Filing 54

ORDER OF DISMISSAL by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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_______________________________________
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RAUL LOPEZ, JR.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE,
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Defendant.
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Case No. C15-0243RSL
ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This above-captioned matter has twice been dismissed for failure to timely serve and

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prosecute the case. Twice it has been reopened on plaintiff’s motion. On October 2, 2018, the

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Court granted the United States’ motion to compel responses to written discovery requests that

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had been served almost eleven months earlier. Plaintiff was warned that a failure to respond to

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discovery and to file a certificate of service in the Court’s docket by October 26, 2018, could

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result in dismissal of the case.

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Plaintiff has entirely failed to respond. Neither he nor his counsel have indicated any

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intention to prosecute this case or comply with the Court’s orders. After considering the relevant

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factors (Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2 1421, 1423 (9th Cir. 1986)), this case is hereby

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DISMISSED. Given the long history of this matter, plaintiff’s complete failure to pursue the

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litigation in anything like a timely manner, and the relevant factors related to dismissal for

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failure to the case will not be reopened a third time.

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ORDER OF DISMISSAL

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Dated this 30th day of November, 2018.

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Robert S. Lasnik

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United States District Judge

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ORDER OF DISMISSAL

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