A.J., et al v. City of Bellingham et al

Filing 69

MINUTE ORDER directing Plaintiffs to SHOW CAUSE why Defendants Chavez, Bippley and Doe #1 should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Plaintiffs must either file a response to this order prior to the status conference set for next Tuesday, May 2, 2017, or come to the status conference prepared to address this issue. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 A.J., et al., Plaintiffs, 10 11 12 CASE NO. C16-0620-JCC MINUTE ORDER v. CITY OF BELLINGHAM, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C. 16 Coughenour, United States District Judge: 17 This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. On January 5, 2017, Plaintiffs filed their 18 fourth amended complaint (Dkt. No. 59). The amended complaint named three new Defendants: 19 R. Chavez, individually and in his official capacity as a U.S. Border Patrol agent; Doe #1, 20 Chavez’s fellow Border Patrol agent; and Chris Bippley, individually and in his official capacity 21 as the Deputy Chief Patrol Officer for the Blaine Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol. (Id. at 1, 5.) 22 As of April 24, 2017, Chavez and Bippley have not appeared or answered the complaint. 23 Doe #1 has not been identified. Plaintiffs have not moved for default or otherwise demonstrated 24 that they are prosecuting the case against these three new Defendants. 25 Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to show cause why these Defendants 26 should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Plaintiffs must either file a response to this MINUTE ORDER, C16-0620-JCC PAGE - 1 1 order prior to the status conference set for next Tuesday, May 2, 2017, or come to the 2 status conference prepared to address this issue. 3 DATED this 24th day of April 2017. 4 William M. McCool Clerk of Court 5 s/Paula McNabb Deputy Clerk 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MINUTE ORDER, C16-0620-JCC PAGE - 2

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