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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES C. MAXEY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN, et al., 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-2507-JAM-EFB PS 

ORDER 

 On March 30, 2015, the court dismissed plaintiff’s claims with prejudice against all 

defendants except Scott Jones.1 ECF No. 9. The court subsequently directed the clerk to provide 

plaintiff with the forms required to effect service on Jones, and directed plaintiff to provide to the 

U.S. Marshal within fifteen days all information needed to effect service of process. ECF No. 11. 

Plaintiff was also ordered to thereafter file a statement with the court that the documents were 

submitted. Id. at 2. 

 To date, plaintiff has not filed a statement that the service documents were submitted to 

the Marshal. Accordingly, plaintiff is ordered to show cause why this case should not be 

dismissed as a result of his failure to follow court orders. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); E.D. Cal. 

L.R. 110 (“Failure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules or with any order of the 

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 This case, in which plaintiff is proceeding pro se, is before the undersigned pursuant to 

Eastern District of California Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 

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Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions authorized by statute 

or Rule or within the inherent power of the Court.”); see also E.D. Cal. L.R. 183 (“Any individual 

representing himself or herself without an attorney is bound by the Federal Rules of Civil or 

Criminal Procedure and by these Local Rules.”). 

 Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff shall supply the United States Marshal, within fourteen days from the date this 

order is filed, all information needed by the Marshal to effect service of process, and shall, within 

fourteen days thereafter, file a statement with the court that said documents have been submitted 

to the United States Marshal.

 2. Plaintiff shall show cause, in writing, within fourteen days from the date this order is 

filed, why sanctions should not be imposed for failure to follow court orders and/or for failure to 

provide the Marshal with the necessary documents to effect service of process. 

DATED: October 22, 2015. 

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