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Parties Involved:
Baldev Singh Atwal
Defendant
Scott N. Johnson
Plaintiff
Pacific Gas
Defendant

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Since Plaintiff has not justified Doe defendants remaining in 1

this action, Does 1 through 10 are dismissed. See Order Setting Status

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference filed March 24, 2006, at 2 n.2

(indicating that if Plaintiff fails to set forth in the joint status

report a date by when the identities of any “Doe” defendants are

expected to be discovered, the claims against Doe defendants would be

deemed abandoned and a dismissal order would follow). The caption has

been amended accordingly.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT N. JOHNSON, )

) 2:06-cv-0629-GEB-KJM

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) ORDER CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

BALDEV SINGH ATWAL, individually ) CONFERENCE

and dba PACIFIC GAS, )

) 

Defendant. )

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Plaintiff’s status report filed February 13, 2007, reveals

that Plaintiff opines Defendant has been served but has failed to

respond to Plaintiff’s complaint. If Plaintiff fails to file a

default motion on or before March 15, 2007, this action may be

dismissed for failure to prosecute. Further, since the record reveals

Plaintiff failed to prevail on his earlier filed default motion in

this action because he had not properly effected service of process on

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Defendant, should Plaintiff fail to prevail on the above-referenced

default motion for this same reason, he shall show cause within ten

(10) days of the magistrate judge’s ruling on that motion why this

action should not be dismissed under Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure. 

The status (pretrial scheduling) conference scheduled in

this case for February 26, 2007, is continued to June 18, 2007.

Plaintiff shall file a status report not later than fourteen days

prior to the June 18 scheduling conference, in which Plaintiff is only

required to explain the status of the default issue. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 15, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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