(HC) Wilhelm v. Beard, No. 2:2018cv00720 - Document 13 (E.D. Cal. 2018)

Court Description: ORDER and FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 09/03/18 ORDERING the clerk of the court shall randomly assign a United States District Judge to this case. Also, RECOMMENDING that the petition for a writ of ha beas corpus should be dismissed without leave to amend pursuant to FRCP 41(b). No certificate of appealability should be issued. The Clerk of the court should close this case. Assigned and referred to Judge William B. Shubb. Objections due within 14 days. (Plummer, M)

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(HC) Wilhelm v. Beard Doc. 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 STEVE WILHELM, aka Steven Hairl Wilhelm, Petitioner, 13 14 15 16 No. 2:18-cv-00720-GGH ORDER and FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. JEFFREY A. BEARD, Respondent. 17 18 19 PROCEDURAL HISTORY Petitioner filed his petition for writ on April 2, 2018, ECF No. 1, along with a petition to 20 proceed In Forma Pauperis. ECF No. 2. On April 17, 2018 this court issued an Order granting in 21 forma pauperis status to petitioner, dismissing the petition with leave to amend to assert a civil 22 action complaint in conformity with directions included in the Order. ECF No. 6. On May 17, 23 2018 petitioner filed a Motion to Expedite Judgment, ECF No. 8, which the court concluded 24 indicated that he had not received the former Order and therefore it issued a new Order directing 25 the Clerk of the Court to reserve ECF No. 6 on the petitioner at his new place of incarceration and 26 directed petitioner to file an amended complaint to assert a civil action within 45 days of the date 27 of the Order. ECF No. 9. 28 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 On June 13, 2018, petitioner filed document entitled “Motion to Correct an Error” in 2 which he expressed confusion regarding the foregoing court orders stating that the Order found in 3 ECF Nos. 6 and 9 referred to a different case than the one pending which he purports to have filed 4 on August 27, 2017. ECF No. 10. In response the court filed and served yet another Order 5 making clear that the court’s docket reflects no filing on August 27, 2017, and iterating that if 6 petitioner wished to proceed with an action in this court he would have to refile a new petition but 7 remained bound by the instructions found in ECF No. 9 to continue with this case, the only one 8 actually pending in the court. ECF No. 11. No further filings have been received by the court. 9 10 CONCLUSION Petitioner has failed to follow the Orders of this court as catalogued above. In light of that 11 failure the court has no alternative but to dismiss the pending action for pursuant to Federal Rule 12 of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute and to comply with the court’s orders. 13 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED and RECOMMENDED that: 14 1. 15 The petition for a writ of habeas corpus should be dismissed without leave to amend pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b); 16 2. No Certificate of Appealability should be issued; 17 3. The Clerk of the Court should close this case. 18 4. The Clerk of the Court shall randomly assign a United States District Court Judge 19 to this case and forward these Findings and Recommendations to him or her upon assignment 20 pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). 21 Within fourteen days after being served with these findings and recommendations, 22 petitioner may file written objections with the court. Such a document should be captioned 23 “Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations.” The petitioner is advised 24 that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District 25 Court's order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 26 Dated: September 3, 2018 27 28 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 2

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