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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID ESPANA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROAD RUNNER TOW, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:19-cv-00475-JAM-KJN PS

ORDER

Presently before the court are defendants’ two motions to dismiss, filed on January 28, 

2020, and January 29, 2020, respectively. (ECF Nos. 31, 32.) Plaintiff is currently incarcerated, 

and therefore, pursuant to Local Rule 230(l) (providing for 21 days) and Federal Civil Rule of 

Civil Procedure 6(d) (providing for an additional 3 days when served by mail), plaintiff was to 

respond to these motions within 24 days. Plaintiff was required to respond to the later of 

defendants’ motions by Monday, February 24, 2020, as the due date landed on a Saturday. See

Fed R. Civ P. 6(a)(1). That date has passed, and plaintiff has not filed an opposition to either of 

defendants’ motions. 

While the court is permitted it take plaintiff’s failure to respond as a waiver of any 

opposition to the granting of defendants’ motions pursuant to Local Rule 230(l), the undersigned 

would prefer to resolve this case on the legal merits, and therefore, on the court’s own motion, 

plaintiff is granted an extension to file oppositions to defendants’ motions within 14 days of this 

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order. 

Although plaintiff is granted an extension, plaintiff’s failure to file the required 

oppositions shall constitute an additional ground for, and plaintiff’s consent to, the imposition of 

appropriate sanctions, including a potential recommendation that plaintiff’s case be involuntarily 

dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

Accordingly, it he HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff shall file oppositions to defendants’ 

motions to dismiss (ECF Nos. 31, 32) within 14 days of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: March 12, 2020

19cv475.ext

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