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Parties Involved:
American Heritage Life Insurance Company
Defendant
Judy Pipkin
Plaintiff
Willie Riley
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WILLIE RILEY and JUDY PIPKIN 

Plaintiffs, 

v.

AMERICAN HERITAGE LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY dba Allstate 

Insurance Company, and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-00999-MCE-DAD 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

On June 19, 2015, this court electronically filed an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) 

in this matter (ECF No. 13) due to Plaintiffs’ failure to file an opposition, or statement of 

non-opposition, to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 7) set for hearing on June 

25, 2015, as required by Eastern District Local Rule 230(c). Given that failure, Plaintiffs 

were ordered to show cause, in writing and not less than ten (10) days after June 19, 

2015, as to why this matter should not be dismissed, with prejudice, for failure to comply 

with the Local Rules. Plaintiffs were admonished that a failure to respond would result in 

dismissal without further notice. 

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To date, absolutely no response to the Court’s OSC has been forthcoming. While 

the parties a Joint Status Report (“JSR”) on July 6, 2015, the portion of the JSR 

attributable to Defendants references the fact that Plaintiffs never responded to their 

Motion to Dismiss and Plaintiffs make no attempt to excuse his failure to respond. 

Therefore, aside from the fact that the JSR was submitted well after the ten-day period 

for responding to the OSC had passed, it substantively offers no justification for Plaintiffs’ 

failure, either.

Given Plaintiffs’ failure to adhere to the Local Rules, their failure to comply with 

court orders as set forth in the OSC, and the failure to prosecute demonstrated by these 

shortcomings, this matter is hereby dismissed, with prejudice. The matter having now 

been concluded in its entirety the Clerk of Court is directed to close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 19, 2015

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