Dears v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Dears v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 JOHNNY DEARS, Case No. 20-cv-00012-BAS-AGS 11 Booking No. 19748199, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR 12 Plaintiff, FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM, FOR SEEKING MONETARY DAMAGES 13 v. AGAINST IMMUNE DEFENDANTS, AND FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE 14 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; SOCIAL 15 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, 16 Defendants. 17 18 On January 2, 2020, Plaintiff Johnny Dears, housed at the San Diego Central Jail 19 and proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and Bivens 20 v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics,

403 U.S. 399

(1971). 21 (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) 22 On March 4, 2020, the Court granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis 23 but dismissed his Complaint for failing to state any claim upon which relief could be 24 granted and for seeking monetary damages against immune defendants pursuant to 28

25 U.S.C. § 1915

(e)(2)(B) and § 1915A(b). (See ECF No. 4.) Plaintiff was advised of the 26 pleading deficiencies and granted 45 days leave to file an Amended Complaint that fixed 27 them. (Id. at 9–10.) 28 Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint was due on or before April 19, 2020. To date, 1 || Plaintiff has not filed an Amended Complaint and has not requested an extension of time 2 ||in which to do so.! “The failure of the plaintiff eventually to respond to the court’s 3 || ultimatum—either by amending the complaint or by indicating to the court that [he] will 4 ||not do so—is properly met with the sanction of a Rule 41(b) dismissal.” Edwards □□ Marin 5 || Park,

356 F.3d 1058

, 1065 (9th Cir. 2004). 6 Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this civil action in its entirety without prejudice 7 ||based on Plaintiffs failure to state a claim upon which § 1983 relief can be granted, for 8 ||seeking monetary damages against immune defendants pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 9 11§ 1915(e)(2)(B) and § 1915A(b), and for failing to prosecute this action pursuant to Fed. 10 ||R. Civ. P. 41(b) in compliance with the Court’s March 4, 2020 Order. 11 The Court further CERTIFIES that an IFP appeal would not be taken in good faith 12 || pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1915

(a)(3) and DIRECTS the Clerk to enter a final judgment of 13 dismissal and close the file. 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 , □□ 16 || DATED: May 5, 2020 (yidlug (Bohan 17 United States District Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 The Court’s March 4, 2020 Order was returned “undeliverable.” (ECF No. 4.) However, to date, Plaintiff has neither contacted the Court nor provided a notice of change of address. A review of the San Diego Sheriff's Department website, as well as the California Department of Corrections and 28 Rehabilitation inmate locator, indicates that Plaintiff is not housed under either authority. See https://apps.sdsheriff.net/wiji and https://inmate.locator.cdcr.ca.gov (websites last visited May 4, 2020).

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