(HC) Gonzalez v. Unknown, No. 2:2020cv01697 - Document 13 (E.D. Cal. 2021)
Court Description: FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 3/12/2021 RECOMMENDING this action be dismissed, without prejudice, for lack of prosecution and for failure to comply with the court's order. Referred to Judge John A. Mendez; Objections to F&R due within 14 days. (Yin, K)
Download PDF
<![CDATA[
(HC) Gonzalez v. Unknown Doc. 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GERARDO GONZALEZ, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:20-cv-01697 JAM GGH P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UNKNOWN, Respondent. 16 17 On August 21, 2020, petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, commenced a habeas 18 action by filing a motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari. ECF No. 19 1. On August 31, 2021, the undersigned granted petitioner thirty days to file a writ of habeas 20 corpus and an application to proceed in forma pauperis in order to properly commence this habeas 21 action. ECF No. 3. However, petitioner failed to file his habeas petition and his application to 22 proceed in forma pauperis within the requisite deadline. On December 11, 2020, the undersigned 23 issued findings and recommendations recommending this action be dismissed for lack of 24 prosecution and for failure to comply with the court’s orders. ECF No. 10. On December 28, 25 2020, petitioner filed a motion for extension of time to file his habeas petition and application to 26 proceed in forma pauperis citing limited law library access due to the ongoing coronavirus 27 pandemic. ECF No. 11. The undersigned granted the extension of time; vacated the December 11, 28 2020 findings and recommendations; and warned petitioner that failure to comply with this order 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice. ECF No. 12. 2 Petitioner has not responded to the court’s orders, nor taken any action to prosecute this case. 3 Therefore, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed, without 4 prejudice, for lack of prosecution and for failure to comply with the court’s order. See Fed. R. 5 Civ. P. 41(b); Local Rule 110. 6 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 7 assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 8 after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 9 objections with the court. The document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s 10 Findings and Recommendations.” Any response to the objections shall be filed and served within 11 fourteen days after service of the objections. The parties are advised that failure to file objections 12 within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. 13 Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 14 Dated: March 12, 2021 15 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2
]]>
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You
should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
