(PC) Lipsey v. Seitz ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., Case No.: 1:18-cv-00766-AWI-SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER TO SHOW CASE WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR 14 B. SEITZ, et al., PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S ORDER 15 Defendants. (Docs. 14, 18) 16 21-DAY DEADLINE 17 18 19 Plaintiff Christopher Lipsey, Jr., is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 20 this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 2, 2019, the Court issued an 21 order finding that Plaintiff failed to state any cognizable claims in his first amended complaint, 22 and granting Plaintiff leave to file a second amended complaint within 21 days. (Doc. 18.) 23 Although more than 21 days have passed, Plaintiff has failed to file an amended complaint or to 24 otherwise respond to the Court’s screening order. 25 The Local Rules, corresponding with Fed. R. Civ. P. 11, provide, “[f]ailure of counsel or 26 of a party to comply with … any order of the Court may be grounds for the imposition by the 27 Court of any and all sanctions … within the inherent power of the Court. Local Rule 110. 28 1 “District courts have inherent power to control their dockets,” and, in exercising that power, they may impose sanctions, including dismissal of an action. Thompson v. Housing Auth., City of Los 2 Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may dismiss an action based on a party’s 3 failure to prosecute an action, obey a court order, or comply with local rules. See, e.g. Ferdik v. 4 Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (dismissal for failure to comply with a court 5 order requiring amendment of complaint); Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130-31 6 (9th Cir. 1987) (dismissal for failure to comply with a court order); Henderson v. Duncan, 779 7 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (dismissal for failure to prosecute and to comply with local 8 rules). 9 Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause within 21 days of the date of service 10 of this order why this action should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim and to comply 11 with the Court’s second screening order. Alternatively, within that same time, Plaintiff may file a 12 second amended complaint or a notice of voluntary dismissal. 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 Sheila K. Oberto Dated: October 7, 2019 /s/ . 16 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28