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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

CURTIS HIGHTOWER,

Plaintiff,

v.

W. PATTON,

Defendant.

No. 2:08-cv-0228-MCE-EFB P

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Trial is set to begin on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. In preparation for trial, the 

court ordered plaintiff to file a trial brief and proposed voir dire no later than May 12, 2015. ECF 

No. 181 at 6. To date, the court has not received either item from plaintiff. The court also 

ordered plaintiff to file a statement of the case, jury instructions, and verdict forms jointly with 

defendant. Id. at 4-5. Defendant has filed these items, indicating that plaintiff was not available 

to meet and confer to prepare them jointly.1 ECF Nos. 192, 194, 195.

Accordingly, plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause no later than May 22, 2015 why this 

action should not be dismissed for plaintiff’s failure to prosecute it. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). 

 1 It appears that, since his release from prison on February 17, 2015 (ECF No. 185), plaintiff may 

have decided to abandon this action. The court wishes to avoid the potentially unnecessary 

expense of calling a jury venire and bringing in the parties and witnesses for a trial plaintiff may 

no longer wish to pursue. 

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Failure to respond to this order on or before that date will result in dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 13, 2015

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