(PS) Cearley v. Wells Fargo Bank, No. 2:2015cv00353 - Document 39 (E.D. Cal. 2016)
Court Description: ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 4/27/16 GRANTING 37 Motion for Extension. The 3/16/16 findings and recommendations are held in ABEYANCE, and plaintiff has 30 days from the date of this order to submit the amended complaint. Should plaintiff fail to timely comply, those findings and recommendations will be submitted to the district judge for consideration. (Jackson, T)
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(PS) Cearley v. Wells Fargo Bank Doc. 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RONALD E. CEARLEY, 12 13 14 No. 2:15-cv-353-MCE-EFB PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER WELLS FARGO BANK, 15 Defendant. 16 17 On February 4, 2016, the district judge adopted this court’s findings and recommendations 18 and granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint with leave to amend.1 ECF No. 34. 19 That order gave plaintiff thirty days to file an amended complaint correcting the deficiencies 20 identified in the January 8, 2016 findings and recommendations, and warned plaintiff that failure 21 to file an amended complaint would result in this action being dismissed. Id. 22 Plaintiff failed to timely file an amended complaint. Accordingly, on March 16, 2016, the 23 court recommended that this action be dismissed for failure to prosecute. ECF No. 36; see Fed. 24 R. Civ. P. 41(b). On April 18, 2016, plaintiff requested an extension of time to respond to the 25 pending findings and recommendations. ECF No. 37. In his pleading, plaintiff explains that he 26 has been living in multiple hotels and that his documents related to this action are stored in 27 28 1 This action, in which plaintiff is proceeding in propria persona, was referred to the undersigned under Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 multiple locations. Plaintiff further states that he has experiencing difficulty obtaining his mail, 2 including orders from this court. Id. at 2-3. Plaintiff also expresses his desire to continue 3 litigating this action. Id. at 2. 4 The court construes plaintiff’s pleadings as a request for a request for an extension of time 5 to file an amended complaint and grants the request. The court notes that preparing an amended 6 complaint does not require extensive legal research, as it should not contain any legal citations, 7 but only a short and plain statement of the facts showing that plaintiff is entitled to relief. 8 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the March 16, 2016 findings and 9 recommendations are held in abeyance, and plaintiff has 30 days from the date of this order to 10 submit the amended complaint. Should plaintiff fail to timely comply, those findings and 11 recommendations will be submitted to the district judge for consideration. 12 DATED: April 27, 2016. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2
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