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(PS) Kang v. Bondi

Eastern District of CaliforniaHelena M. Barch-KuchtaDecided February 3, 2026No. 1:25-cv-01317

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What the decision decided

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A magistrate judge's recommendation Read by a model
These Findings and Recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to this case
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
The undersigned recommends that the district court dismiss defendants for plaintiff’s failure to timely effect service of process on any defendant and dismiss this action for plaintiff’s failure to prosecute this action and respond to a court order.
Disposition Magistrate judge's recommendation A magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The district judge decides whether to adopt it, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
These Findings and Recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to this case
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
These Findings and Recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to this case
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
the undersigned recommends dismissal of this action, without prejudice, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 and Local Rule 110.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

Other orders in this case

The group holds 2 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
(PS) Kang v. BondiThis decision February 3, 2026 Helena M. Barch-Kuchta Magistrate judge's recommendation
(PS) Kang v. BondiThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted March 10, 2026 Jennifer L. Thurston Dismissed

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:25-cv-01317
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 7)
Filed
July 2, 2025
Ended
March 10, 2026
Suit's filing to its end
251 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authority

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