Armas v. People Of California

Filing 6

ORDER Directing Petitioner To SHOW CAUSE In Writing Within Twenty-One (21) Days Why The Action Should Not Be Dismissed For Failure To File A Motion To Amend The Petition And To Follow An Order Of The Court (Doc. 4 ), Deadline: Twenty-One (21) Days, signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 6/24/2011. Show Cause Response due by 7/21/2011. (Fahrney, E)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 AMADO ARMAS, 11 Petitioner, 12 v. 13 PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, 14 Respondent. 15 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 1:11-cv—00772-SKO-HC ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING WITHIN TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS WHY THE ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO FILE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PETITION AND TO FOLLOW AN ORDER OF THE COURT (DOC. 4) DEADLINE: TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a 18 petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 19 The matter has been referred to the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 20 28 U.S.C.§ 636(b)(1) and Local Rules 302 and 303. 21 the Court is Petitioner’s petition, which was filed in this Court 22 on May 13, 2011. 23 Pending before On May 17, 2011, the Court issued an initial screening order 24 with respect to the petition in which the Court noted that 25 Petitioner had not named the proper respondent and granted 26 Petitioner leave to file a motion to amend the petition and name 27 a proper respondent no later than thirty (30) days after the date 28 of service of the order. The order warned Petitioner that a 1 1 failure to move to amend the petition and state a proper 2 respondent would result in a recommendation that the petition be 3 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. 4 on Petitioner on May 17, 2011. 5 The order was served by mail To date, over thirty days have passed, but Petitioner has 6 neither filed a motion to amend the petition nor timely sought an 7 extension of time in which to file a motion to amend the 8 petition. 9 A failure to comply with an order of the Court may result in 10 sanctions, including dismissal, pursuant to the inherent power of 11 the Court or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 12 P. 41(b), 11; Local Rule 110; Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 13 31, 42-43 (1991). Fed. R. Civ. 14 Accordingly, it is ORDERED that: 15 1. No later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of 16 service of this order, Petitioner shall show cause why this 17 action should not be dismissed for failure to obey the Court’s 18 order of May 17, 2011; Petitioner shall show cause in writing 19 because the Court has determined that no hearing is necessary; 20 and 21 22 2. The failure to respond to this order will result in dismissal of the action. 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 Dated: ie14hj June 24, 2011 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 28 2

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