Torres v. Khaira

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

Torres v. Khaira

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EDWARD TORRES, Case No. 1:24-cv-0155 JLT SAB (PC)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE 13 v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO 14 JASPREET SINGH KHAIRA, CLOSE THIS CASE

15 Defendant. (Doc. 12)

16 17 Edward Torres initiated this action seeking to hold Jaspreet Singh Khaira, an employee of 18 a Valero gas station, liable for violations of his civil rights. (Doc. 1.) The magistrate judge 19 screened Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and found Plaintiff failed to state 20 a cognizable claim upon which relief may be granted. (Doc. 10 at 3-4.) The Court granted 21 Plaintiff an opportunity to file an amended complaint, and informed Plaintiff that failure to do so 22 would result in a recommendation that the action be dismissed. (Id. at 5.) 23 After Plaintiff failed to file an amended complaint or otherwise respond to the Court’s 24 order, the magistrate judge reiterated the findings that Plaintiff failed to state a claim, and 25 recommended the action be dismissed without prejudice. (Doc. 12 at 3-5.) In addition, the 26 magistrate judge found terminating sanctions—including dismissal of the action without 27 prejudice—were appropriate for Plaintiff’s failure to prosecute the action and failure to obey the Court’s order to file an amended complaint, after considering the factors identified by the Ninth 1 | Circuit. Ud. at 6-7.) The Court served these Findings and Recommendations on Plaintiff and 2 | notified him that any objections were due within 30 days. (Ud. at 7.) The Court advised him that 3 | the “(failure to file objections within the specified time may result in the waiver of rights on 4 | appeal.” (d., citing Wilkerson v. Wheeler,

772 F.3d 834, 838-39

(9th Cir. 2014).) Plaintiff did 5 | not file objections, and the time to do so expired. 6 According to

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1), this Court performed a de novo review of this case. 7 | Having carefully reviewed the matter, the Court concludes the Findings and Recommendations 8 || are supported by the record and proper analysis. Thus, the Court ORDERS: 9 1. The Findings and Recommendations dated February 19, 2024 (Doc. 12) are 10 ADOPTED in full. 11 2. This action is DISMISSED without prejudice. 12 3. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. 13 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Dated: _ June 4, 2024 Cerin | Tower TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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