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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

LACY CHARLES BLACK,

Plaintiff,

v.

DELANO REGIONAL MEDICAL 

CENTER, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE No. 1:15-cv-01124-MJS (PC)

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITH 

PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO OBEY A 

COURT ORDER, FAILURE TO 

PROSECUTE, AND FAILURE TO STATE 

A CLAIM

DISMISSAL COUNTS AS STRIKE 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)

CLERK TO TERMINATE ALL PENDING 

MOTIONS AND CLOSE CASE

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has consented to Magistrate Judge 

jurisdiction. (ECF No. 8.) No other parties have appeared.

Plaintiff initiated this action on July 1, 2015. (ECF No. 1.) On August 18, 2015, the 

Court dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint and granted leave to amend. (ECF No. 11.) On 

December 3, 2015, Plaintiff filed his first amended complaint. (ECF No. 16.) On June 17, 

2016, the Court screened Plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found it stated no 

cognizable claims. (ECF No. 17.) The Court dismissed the complaint and granted 

Plaintiff thirty days to file a second amended complaint or a notice of voluntary dismissal. 

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Id. On August 8, 2016, Plaintiff requested a thirty day extension of time to file a second 

amended complaint. (ECF No. 18.) On August 11, 2016, that motion was granted. (ECF 

No. 19.) 

The thirty day extended deadline Plaintiff requested and received expired without 

Plaintiff filing a second amended complaint, a notice of voluntary dismissal, or anything 

further with the Court. Therefore, on November 7, 2016, the Court issued an order for 

Plaintiff to show cause within fourteen days why his case should not be dismissed with 

prejudice for failure to obey a court order, failure to prosecute, and failure to state a 

claim. (ECF No. 20.) The fourteen-day deadline has passed without Plaintiff having filed 

a response.

Plaintiff has been afforded ample opportunities to attempt to state a cognizable 

claim and has failed to do so. Plaintiff also has failed to respond to numerous orders of 

the Court. Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. This action is DISMISSED with prejudice for failure to obey a court order, 

failure to prosecute, and failure to state a claim; and

2. Dismissal counts as a strike pursuant to the “three strikes” provision set 

forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); and

3. The Clerk of the Court shall terminate all pending motions and close the 

case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 1, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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