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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAUL BALLESTEROS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CRUZ, et al., 

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-01689 DLB

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION 

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR 

FAILURE TO FOLLOW COURT ORDER 

AND FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Saul Ballesteros (“Plaintiff”), a state inmate in the custody of the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), is proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on 

November 6, 2015.1

On June 8, 2016, the Court screened the First Amended Complaint and dismissed it with 

leave to amend. Pursuant to that order, an amended complaint was due within thirty (30) days. 

Over thirty (30) days have passed and he has not filed an amended complaint or otherwise 

contacted the Court.

Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE, if any he has, why this action 

should not be dismissed for failure to follow a Court order and failure to prosecute. Plaintiff must 

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Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge on December 3, 2015.

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file a response to this order within thirty (30) days. Plaintiff may also comply by filing an 

amended complaint pursuant to the June 8, 2016, order.

Failure to follow this order will result in dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 25, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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