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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID KNAPP,

Plaintiff,

v.

VIRK, et al., 

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-00961 DLB

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION 

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR 

FAILURE TO FOLLOW COURT ORDER 

AND FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

TWENTY-ONE DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff David Knapp (“Plaintiff”), a state inmate in the custody of the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), is proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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 Plaintiff filed this action on June 

25, 2015. 

On November 4, 2015, the Court screened the complaint and dismissed it with leave to 

amend. Plaintiff received numerous extensions of time, with the last extension granted on May 4, 

2016. Pursuant to that order, an amended complaint was due within thirty (30) days. Over thirty 

(30) days have passed and he has not filed an amended complaint.

Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE, if any he has, why this action 

should not be dismissed for failure to follow a Court order and failure to prosecute. Plaintiff must 

file a response to this order within twenty-one (21) days. Plaintiff may also comply by filing an 

amended complaint pursuant to the November 4, 2015, order. 

 

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 Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge on July 6, 2015.

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Failure to follow this order will result in dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 29, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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