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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

JOSHUA J. CANTU,

Plaintiff,

v.

GARCIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:09-cv-00177 AWI DLB PC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED 

FOR DEFENDANTS’ FAILURE TO COMPLY 

WITH COURT ORDER

(Document 129)

TEN-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Joshua J. Cantu (“Plaintiff”) is a former California state prisoner proceeding pro se 

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

On February 27, 2015, the Court ordered Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s February 25, 

2015, motion to extend the dispositive motion deadline. The Court requested a response (1) because 

Plaintiff’s motion indicated that he had not yet received discovery responses from Defendant 

Baptiste (ordered by the Court on November 14, 2014); and (2) because of the the procedural 

posture of this action and the length of time it has been pending. A response was due within ten 

days. 

At this time, discovery has closed. The dispositive motion deadline has passed without the 

filing of any dispositive motions and, more importantly, without Defendants’ required response to 

Plaintiff’s pending motion.

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Accordingly, Defendants are ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE, if any, why sanctions should 

not be imposed for failure to respond to the Court’s February 27, 2015, order. Sanctions may 

include striking Defendants’ answers and entering default.

A response to this order must be filed within ten (10) days. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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