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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THERON KENNETH HOLSTON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DEBBIE MASSETTI, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-0017 AC P 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

 By an order filed November 22, 2023, this court directed the United States Marshal to 

serve all process without prepayment of costs. ECF No. 23. On February 13, 2024, the Marshal 

returned waivers of service indicating that defendants Chapman, Massetti, and Moore—through 

counsel Lindsey Romano of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani—had waived service. ECF No. 25. 

The waivers were served on Massetti on December 5, 2023, and on Chapman and Moore on 

February 1, 2024. Id. More than sixty days have passed since the waivers were served and 

defendants have not yet filed a responsive pleading. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(3) (defendant who 

waives service has sixty days after request to waive was sent to answer complaint). Failure to 

timely file a pleading responsive to plaintiff’s complaint renders defendants vulnerable to default 

in this action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 55. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Within fourteen days after the filing of this order, Lindsey Romano of Gordon Rees 

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Scully Mansukhani, shall show cause why default should not be entered. Filing of a responsive 

pleading will discharge the order to show cause. Failure of counsel to timely comply with this 

order may result in an entry of default against defendants Chapman, Massetti, and Moore and the 

imposition of appropriate sanctions. See L.R. 110; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(c)(4). 

 2. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order on Lindsey Mack Romano at 

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, 275 Battery Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94111, and 

at lromano@grsm.com. 

DATED: April 8, 2024 

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