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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK MINDRUP,

Plaintiff,

 vs.

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE,

Defendant.

 /

No. C 06-05781 SBA

ORDER

Plaintiff Mark Mindrup filed his complaint in this action on September 20, 2006, and an initial

case management conference was scheduled for January 10, 2007. On December 29, 2007, plaintiff filed

a motion to continue the case management conference. Docket No. 7. The Court granted the motion and

continued the case management conference to June 6, 2007. Docket No. 11. On June 4, 2007, plaintiff

again requested that the initial case management conference be continued, asserting he was suffering

from two collapsed lungs. Docket No. 18. The Court again granted the motion and continued the case

management conference to September 6, 2007.

Plaintiff failed to initiate and participate in the Case Management Conference scheduled for

September 6, 2007, and on November 1, 2007 the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why the case

should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. Docket No. 26. The Court set the

hearing on the Order to Show Cause for December 13, 2007. On November 17, 2007 plaintiff sent a

letter to the Court stating that plaintiff is “currently off work due to severe illness,” and has “also

recently had a severe pneumothorax (Collapsed Lung),” and requesting that the December 13, 2007

hearing be continued “until at least February 2008.”

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In light of plaintiff’s alleged medical condition, and in order to give plaintiff a final chance to

go forward with this case, the Court vacated the the December 13, 2007 hearing on the order to show

cause and scheduled a Case Management Conference for January 30, 2008 at 3:15 p.m. Specifically in

light of plaintiff’s repeated failures to participate in scheduled case management conferences, the Court

stated in no uncertain terms: “Plaintiff is advised that if he fails to initiate and participate in the case

management conference as ordered herein, this case will be dismissed for failure to prosecute. No

further continuances of the case management conference will be granted.” See Docket No 28

(emphasis in original).

Consistent with his complete failure to prosecute his case, plaintiff failed to initiate and

participate in the January 30 case management conference as ordered. Plaintiff did not seek to be

excused from the case management conference or otherwise inform the Court of his inability to

participate. Accordingly, and as advised, plaintiff’s complaint is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice.

The clerk shall close the file and terminate any pending matters.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 Dated: 2/1/08 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK MINDRUP,

Plaintiff,

 v.

US POSTAL SERVICE et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV06-05781 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court,

Northern District of California.

That on February 1, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located

in the Clerk's office.

Mark Mindrup

1032 Irving Street

#250

San Francisco, CA 94122

Dated: February 1, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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