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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARCHIE CRANFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00749 DLB PC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

ACTION SHOULD NOT BE 

DISMISSED 

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Archie Cranford (“Plaintiff”), a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action on May 19, 2014.1 

On November 9, 2014, the Court dismissed the complaint with leave to amend. Plaintiff was 

given thirty (30) days within which to file an amended complaint. On November 19, 2014, Plaintiff 

filed a document captioned as a “motion to file an amended complaint.” The Court denied the 

motion on December 2, 2014, explaining that Plaintiff did not need leave to amend as he had not yet 

filed an amended complaint. The Court informed Plaintiff that the deadline established by the 

November 9, 2014, order remained in place. 

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Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge on July 21, 2014.

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More than thirty (30) days have passed and Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint or 

otherwise communicated with the Court. Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE 

why this action should not be dismissed for failure to follow a Court order and failure to prosecute. 

Plaintiff SHALL file a response to this order, or an amended complaint, within thirty (30) 

days of the date of service. Failure to do so will result in dismissal of this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 30, 2014 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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