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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES M. GROGAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN HENRY, an individual; 

and DOES 1-30,

Defendants

*.

No. 2:15-cv-00562-GEB-KJN

ORDER

ANTICIPATED AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS

Plaintiff states in his Status Report filed October 13, 

2015, that he “will move the Court to amend the pleadings to 

rename the United States of America as a Defendant now that six 

months have passed since filing the administrative claim and the 

administrative remedies have been exhausted.” (Pl.’s Status 

Report 2:20-21, ECF No. 28 (citation omitted).) 

Plaintiff has until November 16, 2015, to file a motion 

in which leave is sought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

15(a) to file the referenced amendment, after which time no 

further service, joinder of parties, or amendments to the 

Complaint is permitted, except with leave of Court for good cause 

shown. 

 

* The caption has been amended according to the July 17, 2015 Order 

Granting Defendants United States of America and Beale Aero Club’s Dismissal 

Motion. (ECF No. 23.) 

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DEFAULT PROCEEDINGS

Plaintiff states in his Status Report that “[a]ll 

parties . . . have been served.” (Id. at 2:6.) However, Defendant 

John Henry has not appeared in the case, and Plaintiff does not 

indicate how he intends to prosecute this matter as to that 

defendant. 

Plaintiff shall take the steps necessary to prosecute 

this action as a default matter as to Defendant John Henry. No 

later than November 16, 2015, Plaintiff shall either file 

whatever documents are required to prosecute this case as a 

default matter or Show Cause in a writing filed why Defendant 

John Henry and/or this action should not be dismissed for failure 

of prosecution. This defendant and/or this action may be 

dismissed with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

41(b) if Plaintiff fails to timely respond to this Order. 

Further, the status conference scheduled for hearing on 

October 26, 2015, is continued to commence at 9:00 a.m. on 

February 1, 2016. A status report shall be filed fourteen (14) 

days prior to the status conference in which Plaintiff shall 

explain the status of the default proceedings.1

Dated: October 20, 2015

 

1 In the event Plaintiff has successfully joined the United States of 

America as a defendant by the time the status report is required to be filed, 

Plaintiff and the United States shall file a joint status report, which shall 

address all pertinent subjects set forth in Local Rule 240.

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