(PC) Parkison v. Butte County Sheriff's Dept. et al, No. 2:2009cv02257 - Document 20 (E.D. Cal. 2010)

Court Description: ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd on 08/30/10 vacating 19 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Within 21 days of the date of this order, plaintiff's counsel shall file a report explaining whether defendant California Medical Group has been served with the complaint. (Plummer, M)

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(PC) Parkison v. Butte County Sheriff's Dept. et al Doc. 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GRANT S. PARKISON et al., 11 Plaintiffs, 12 13 No. CIV S-09-2257 DAD P vs. BUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEP’T et al., 14 Defendants. 15 ORDER / 16 On June 23, 2010, the undersigned ordered plaintiffs to file a second status report 17 explaining whether named defendant California Medical Group had been served. The court 18 explained to plaintiffs’ counsel that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), the court 19 must dismiss the action without prejudice against any defendant that is not served within 120 20 days after the complaint is filed or order that service be made within a specified time. Plaintiffs’ 21 counsel did not respond to the order. 22 Accordingly, on August 13, 2010, the undersigned issued findings and 23 recommendations recommending that defendant California Medical Group be dismissed without 24 ///// 25 ///// 26 ///// 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 prejudice.1 Therein the undersigned explained that the thirty day period given to plaintiffs for 2 filing of a second report on the status of service had long since expired, and plaintiffs’ counsel 3 had failed to file any response to the court’s June 23, 2010 order. 4 On August 17, 2010, plaintiffs’ counsel filed an untimely response to the court’s 5 order. Therein, plaintiffs’ counsel explains that “the defendant was inadvertently omitted from 6 the caption and thus no summons was issued naming them as defendants to be served. Now 7 [that] the error has been discovered, they will be served immediately.” Pls’ Second Status Rept. 8 at 1. 9 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 10 11 1. The court’s August 13, 2010 findings and recommendations (Doc. No. 19) are vacated; and 12 2. Within twenty-one days of the date of this order, plaintiffs’ counsel shall file a 13 report explaining whether defendant California Medical Group has been served with the 14 complaint. Counsel’s failure to serve the defendant by this date or failure to file a report 15 regarding the status of service as required by this order will result in a recommendation that 16 defendant California Medical Group be dismissed from this case. Lastly, plaintiffs’ counsel is 17 reminded that counsel has an obligation to prosecute this case with diligence and to timely abide 18 by this court’s orders. 19 DATED: August 30, 2010. 20 21 22 23 DAD:sj park2257.vac+sr(3) 24 25 1 26 Although those findings and recommendations were signed on August 13, 2010, they were not docketed until August 26, 2010. 2

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