Blevins v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Opinion

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4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE

9 10 SHONDOLYN R BLEVINS, CASE NO. C21-0073JLR 11 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 12 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL 13 TOBACCO FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES, et al., 14 15 Defendants.

16 On February 22, 2021, the court dismissed the instant matter, as Ms. Blevins had 17 not filed her amended complaint within 14 days as directed by the court’s February 2, 18 2021, order. (2/22/21 Order (Dkt. # 8) at 1-2; 2/2/21 Order (Dkt. # 6) at 4.) Ms. Blevins 19 has now filed an amended complaint that she alleges was mailed on February 16, 2021. 20 (Am. Compl. (Dkt. # 10) at 2.) Although her filing is untimely, the court construes pro se 21 filings liberally and will accept her amended complaint, as she mailed the filing within 22 the time period designated by the court. See Ross v. Williams, 950 F.3d 1160, 1173 n.19 1 (9th Cir. 2020). However, the court reminds Ms. Blevins that she “must follow the same 2 rules of procedure that govern other litigants,” including submitting timely filings in 3 accordance with court orders. See Briere v. Chertoff, 271 F. App’x 682, 683 (9th Cir.

4 2008). 5 The Clerk is DIRECTED to reopen this matter. 6 Dated this 23rd day of February, 2021. 7 A 8 9 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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