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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATHAN HILL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:19-cv-01680 DJC AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 

rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States 

Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 

 On July 31, 2023, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. ECF No. 86. To date, plaintiff 

has not filed a response to the motion. Plaintiff has, however, since filed a request for 

clarification asking why Captain Gallagher is not named as a defendant. ECF No. 87. 

 Plaintiff will be ordered to show cause why defendants’ motion to dismiss should not be 

granted. In addition, the court will respond to plaintiff’s request for clarification regarding the 

status of Captain Gallagher. 

 I. MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION 

 In response to plaintiff’s inquiry, he is informed that Captain Gallagher was dismissed 

from this action after the court screened the second amended complaint. On screening the 

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undersigned determined that plaintiff had presented no actionable claims against defendant 

Gallagher, and recommended that he be dismissed. ECF No. 54 at 11. Plaintiff was provided 

with an opportunity to object to this recommendation, and he was given significant extensions of 

time to do so.1 Plaintiff never filed objections. The district judge adopted the recommendation 

and dismissed defendant Gallagher from the action on April 18, 2023. ECF No. 72. This is why 

Captain Gallagher is not a party to the case. 

 II. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

 Local Rule 230(l) requires parties to file responses to motions within twenty-one days of 

the date of service. L.R. 230(l). Thereafter, the moving party has seven days to file a reply. Id. 

If the responding party does not file either an opposition or a statement of non-opposition within 

the twenty-one-day period, the court may deem the failure to do so a waiver of any opposition to 

the granting of the motion. Id. 

 Defendants’ motion to dismiss was filed on July 31, 2023. ECF No. 86. The twenty-oneday period for plaintiff to respond to defendants’ motion to dismiss has passed, as has the reply 

period. Accordingly, the court should deem the matter submitted and rule on the motion without 

having heard from plaintiff. L.R. 230(l). In the interests of justice, however, plaintiff will first be 

directed to show cause why the court should not grant defendants’ motion to dismiss. In the 

alternative, plaintiff may file a response to defendants’ motion to dismiss. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Within twenty-one days of the date of this order plaintiff shall show cause in writing 

why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute, and 

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 See ECF Nos. 55-56, 57, 61-62 (plaintiff’s extension requests to file objections; court’s grants 

of same). 

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 2. The filing within the twenty-one-day period of either an opposition or a statement of 

non-opposition to defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 86) will discharge this order to show 

cause. 

DATED: September 11, 2023. 

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