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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT LAWRENCE WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

HIGHLAND HOSPITAL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-03940-SK 

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE AND 

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 

FOR DISMISSAL

Regarding Docket Nos. 1, 4

On July 9, 2019, Plaintiff Robert Lawrence Williams (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint and 

application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Dkts. 1, 2.) The Court granted the application but 

ordered a hold on the service of the complaint. (Dkt. 4.) On July 11, 2019, the Court issued a 

screening order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) in which it found that the complaint failed 

establish a basis for the Court’s jurisdiction. (Id.) The Court granted Plaintiff permission to file 

an amended complaint by August 15, 2019, addressing the deficiencies described in its screening 

order. (Id.) The Court admonished Plaintiff that if he failed to file an amended complaint by the 

deadline, dismissal would be the likely result. The Court further directed Plaintiff to the Northern 

District of California guide for pro se litigants, as well as the Legal Help Center.

The deadline for Plaintiff to file an amended complaint has passed, and he has not done so. 

Defendants have not appeared, and Plaintiff has not consented to the jurisdiction of this Court. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court therefore ORDERS that this case be REASSIGNED to a 

district judge and RECOMMENDS that it be dismissed without prejudice.

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Any party may serve and file specific written objections to this recommendation within 

fourteen days after being served with a copy. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 

Civil L.R. 72-3. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 21, 2019

______________________________________

SALLIE KIM

United States Magistrate Judge

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