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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

JAMES EDWARD BOWELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. DIAZ, et al., 

Defendants.

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CASE No. 1:11-cv-01350-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO

SHOW CAUSE RE DISMISSAL

(ECF No. 13)

Plaintiff James Edward Bowell is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action filed August 15, 2011 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

(Compl., ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff declined Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. (Decline

Magistrate, ECF No. 5.)

The Court screened Plaintiff’s Complaint and on September 28, 2012 issued its

order requiring that, by not later than November 1, 2012, Plaintiff either file an amended

pleading or notify the Court of his desire to proceed only on the cognizable Eighth

Amendment failure to protect claim against Defendants Diaz and Rodriguez. (Order

Directing Plaintiff to Amend or Notify, ECF No. 10.) 

On November 20, 2012, the Court issued an order to show cause why this case

should not be dismissed for Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the Court’s September 28th

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order to amend or notify. (OSC re Dismiss., ECF No. 13.) Plaintiff filed a response to the

order to show cause on November 30, 2012, notifying of his desire to proceed only on

the cognizable Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim against Defendants Diaz and

Rodriguez. (Opp’n to Order, ECF No. 14.) 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the order to show cause re dismissal

(ECF No. 13) is DISCHARGED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 3, 2012 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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