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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

JIM CAGE,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:22-cv-01429-CDB (PC)

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE 

(Doc. 32) 

ORDER WITHDRAWING MOTION TO 

COMPEL

(Doc. 31)

Plaintiff Jim Cage is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment excessive 

force claim against Defendant Rojas. 

I. INTRODUCTION

On June 26, 2024, Defendant Rojas filed a motion to compel outstanding responses to 

interrogatories and a request for production of documents propounded to Plaintiff on February 1, 

2024. (See Doc. 31.) Relevant here, the motion was served to Plaintiff at his address of record 

with the Court (California State Prison – Sacramento) and to Plaintiff at Pelican Bay State 

Prison.1(Id. at 6.) 

1 Defense counsel’s meet and confer letter dated April 18, 2024, was directed to Plaintiff at Pelican Bay State Prison. 

(See Doc. 31-3 at 2, 15.) 

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On July 24, 2024, the Court issued its Order to Show Cause in Writing Why Sanctions 

Should Not Be Imposed for Plaintiff’s Failure to Keep the Court Apprised of His Current Address 

and Failure to File an Opposition or Statement of Non-Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to 

Compel. (See Doc. 32.) 

On August 1, 2024, Defendant Rojas filed a notice with the Court indicating that defense 

counsel’s office received Plaintiff’s responses to the outstanding discovery on July 10, 2024, and 

requested the motion to compel be withdrawn. (Doc. 33.) 

On August 5, 2024, the United States Postal Service returned the OSC directed to Plaintiff 

at California State Prison – Sacramento marked “Undeliverable.”2 A forwarding address of 

Pelican Bay State Prison was provided. Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court updated Plaintiff’s 

address of record to Pelican Bay State Prison.

Although Plaintiff has not provided a written response to the OSC, given the record 

summarized above, the Court finds good cause to discharge the OSC and grant Defendant’s 

request to withdraw the pending motion to compel. 

Plaintiff is advised that a failure to comply with this Court’s orders, the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Court’s Local Rules may result in a dismissal of this action 

for a failure to obey court orders and failure to prosecute.

II. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS: 

1. The OSC issued July 24, 2024 (Doc. 32) is DISCHARGED; and

2. Defendant’s request to withdraw the motion to compel (Doc. 33) is GRANTED. The 

Clerk of the Court shall terminate the motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 7, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

2 The OSC was also served to Plaintiff at Pelican Bay State Prison. (Id. at 3.) 

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