Quinton Watts v. County of Colusa

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

Quinton Watts v. County of Colusa

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 QUINTON WATTS, No. 2:24-cv-00957-DAD-EFB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 COUNTY OF COLUSA, 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff proceeds without counsel in this civil rights action. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff sought 18 leave to file an amended complaint on September 6, 2024, which the court granted. ECF Nos. 10, 19 12. On January 27, 2025, the court directed plaintiff to file, within 21 days, either an amended 20 complaint or a statement of intent to proceed on the original complaint. ECF No. 13. Plaintiff 21 did not respond to the order. Accordingly, the court issued an order that plaintiff, within 30 days, 22 show cause why the case should not be dismissed. ECF No. 14. Plaintiff has not responded to 23 that order, either. 24 “Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), the district court may dismiss an 25 action for failure to comply with any order of the court.” Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

963 F.2d 1258

, 1260 26 (9th Cir. 1992). Accordingly, it is HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed for 27 failure to comply with the court’s January 27, 2025 order. 28 //// ] These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 2 || assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1). Within fourteen days 3 || after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 4 || objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned 5 || “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” Any response to the 6 || objections shall be served and filed within fourteen days after service of the objections. The 7 || parties are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to 8 | appeal the District Court’s order. Turner v. Duncan,

158 F.3d 449

, 455 (9th Cir. 1998); Martinez 9 || v. Yist,

951 F.2d 1153

(9th Cir. 1991). 10 11 || Dated: September 18, 2025 Lal bt => lj 12 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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