Can a motion for failure to respond be granted pursuant to a local rule?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Finks v. Thomas, CASE NO. 15cv2048-WQH-JMA (S.D. Cal. 2016):
A district court may properly grant an unopposed motion pursuant to a local rule where the local rule permits, but does not require, the granting of a motion for failure to respond. See Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 54 (9th Cir. 1995) (affirming dismissal for failing to oppose a motion to dismiss, based on a local rule providing that "[t]he
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