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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MIGUEL CONTRERAS, 

CDCR #K-71716, 

Plaintiff,

vs. 

J. HERRERA, Correctional Officer, 

Defendant.

 Case No. 3:18-cv-00717-MMA-AGS 

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION PURSUANT 

TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) AND 

§ 1915A(b) AND FOR FAILING 

TO PROSECUTE IN COMPLIANCE 

WITH COURT ORDER 

REQUIRING AMENDMENT 

Plaintiff Miguel Contreras, while incarcerated at California Substance Abuse 

Treatment Facility in Corcoran, California, and proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Compl.”) against J. Herrera, a Correctional Officer 

employed at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, 

on April 11, 2018. See Compl., Doc. No. 1. 

Plaintiff alleged that while he was incarcerated at RJD on December 18, 2016, 

Herrera violated his constitutional rights by terminating a visit with his wife and 

developmentally impaired daughter and issuing false disciplinary charges against him 

which resulted in a finding of guilt and the suspension of his visitation privileges for 180 

days. Id. at 2-5. He sought to expunge his disciplinary conviction and to restore his 

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visitation privileges, in addition to as compensatory, punitive, and special damages. Id. at 

5. 

I. Procedural History 

 On October 15, 2018, the Court granted Plaintiff’s renewed and untimely Motion 

to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”), but dismissed his Complaint for failing to state 

claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and § 1915A(b). See Doc. No. 7. Plaintiff was 

notified of his pleading deficiencies, and granted 45 days leave to file an Amended 

Complaint that fixed them, if he could. Id. at 6-12. Plaintiff was also warned that his 

failure to amend would result in the dismissal of his case. Id. at 13 (citing Lira v. 

Herrera, 427 F.3d 1164, 1169 (9th Cir. 2005) (“If a plaintiff does not take advantage of 

the opportunity to fix his complaint, a district court may convert the dismissal of the 

complaint into a dismissal of the entire action.”)). 

Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint was due on or before November 30, 2018, and 

almost two full months have passed since the Court issued its October 15, 2018 Order. 

But to date, Plaintiff has failed to file an Amended Complaint, and has not requested an 

extension of time in which to do so. “The failure of the plaintiff eventually to respond to 

the court’s ultimatum–either by amending the complaint or by indicating to the court that 

[he] will not do so–is properly met with the sanction of a Rule 41(b) dismissal.” 

Edwards v. Marin Park, 356 F.3d 1058, 1065 (9th Cir. 2004). 

II. Conclusion and Order 

 Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this civil action in its entirety without 

prejudice based on Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim upon which § 1983 relief can be 

granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and § 1915A(b), and because he has failed 

to prosecute as required by Court’s October 4, 2018 Order requiring amendment. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). 

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The Court further CERTIFIES that an IFP appeal would not be taken in good 

faith pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) and DIRECTS the Clerk to enter a final 

judgment of dismissal and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: December 13, 2018 _______________________________________ 

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

 United States District Judge 

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