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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA LEWEY,

CDCR #AW-6878,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JULIE ADAMS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:16-cv-00263-JLS (JMA)

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION FOR FAILING TO 

STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT 

TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) AND 

§ 1915A(b)(1) AND FOR FAILING 

TO PROSECUTE IN COMPLIANCE 

WITH COURT ORDER 

REQUIRING AMENDMENT

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Joshua Lewey’s civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff is currently incarcerated at Pilot Rock 

Conservation Camp 15 (“PRCC”) in Crestline, California, proceeding pro se, and filed the 

instant action on February 1, 2016. (See Compl. 1–2.)

I. Procedural Background

At the time Plaintiff filed his Complaint, Plaintiff did not prepay the $400 filing fee 

mandated by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he filed a Motion to proceed in forma pauperis

(“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (ECF No. 2).

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On May 9, 2016 the Court granted Plaintiff leave to proceed IFP, but dismissed his 

Complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and 1915A(b). 

(ECF No. 4). The Court also granted Plaintiff forty-five days in which to file an Amended 

Complaint addressing the pleading deficiencies identified by the Court. (Id.); see Lopez v. 

Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130–31 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) (“[A] district court should grant 

leave to amend even if no request to amend the pleading was made, unless it determines 

that the pleading could not possibly be cured.”) (citations omitted).

On March 23, 2016 Plaintiff filed a Notice of Change of Address (ECF No. 5) 

indicating he had been transferred from the Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown, 

California to PRCC. On July 1, 2016—not yet having filed an amended complaint—

Plaintiff filed a Motion for Extension of Time in which to file an amended complaint (ECF

No. 7). 

On July 21, 2016 the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time, giving 

him an additional month to file his Amended Complaint (ECF No. 8). Plaintiff was 

explicitly cautioned that should he fail to amend within the time granted the Court would 

enter a final order dismissing his case based both on his previous failure to state a claim 

and his failure to prosecute. (Id. at 3 (citing Lira v. Herrera, 427 F.3d 1164, 1169 (9th Cir. 

2005) (“If a plaintiff does not take advantage of the opportunity to fix his complaint, a 

district court may convert the dismissal of the complaint into a dismissal of the entire 

action.”))); see also Edwards v. Marin Park, 356 F.3d 1058, 1065 (9th Cir. 2004) (“The 

failure of the plaintiff eventually to respond to the court’s ultimatum—either by amending 

the complaint or by indicating to the court that it will not do so—is properly met with the 

sanction of a Rule 41(b) dismissal.”). 

More than two months have passed since the Court’s August 22, 2016 deadline, but 

Plaintiff has yet to file an amended complaint or any additional request for an extension of 

time.

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II. Conclusion and Order

Given the foregoing, the Court DISMISSES this civil action in its entirety without 

further leave to amend based on Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim upon which § 1983 relief 

can be granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and 1915A(b)(1), and his failure

to prosecute pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) in compliance with the Court’s May 9, 2016

and July 21, 2016 Orders. 

The Court further DIRECTS the Clerk to enter a final judgment of dismissal and 

close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 8, 2016

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