Stock v. Stanislaus County ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 LISA STOCK, Case No. 1:19-cv-01598-NONE-SKO Plaintiff, 10 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED 11 STANISLAUS COUNTY, et al., FOR PLAINTIFFS’ FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S ORDER 12 Defendants. (Doc. 5) 13 TWENTY-ONE (21) DAY DEADLINE 14 15 On November 8, 2019, Plaintiff filed the complaint in this case against Defendants. (Doc. 16 1.) Plaintiff also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, which was granted on December 16, 17 2019. (Docs. 2, 4.) 18 On January 14, 2020, the Court issued an order finding that Plaintiff’s complaint failed to 19 state any cognizable claims and granting leave until February 4, 2020, for Plaintiff to file an 20 amended complaint. (Doc. 5.) To date, Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint or requested 21 an extension of time in which to do so. 22 The Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 23 corresponding with Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, provide, “[f]ailure of counsel 24 or of a party to comply with . . . any order of the Court may be grounds for the imposition by the 25 Court of any and all sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 110. 26 “District courts have inherent power to control their dockets,” and in exercising that power, a court 27 may impose sanctions, including dismissal of an action. Thompson v. Housing Authority of Los 1 Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may dismiss an action with prejudice, based 2 on a party’s failure to prosecute an action or failure to obey a court order, or failure to comply with 3 local rules. See, e.g. Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (dismissal for 4 failure to comply with an order requiring amendment of complaint); Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 5 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987) (dismissal for failure to comply with a court order); Henderson 6 v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (dismissal for failure to prosecute and to comply 7 with local rules). 8 Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause, within twenty-one (21) days of the 9 date of service of this Order, why this action should not be dismissed for her failure to comply 10 with the Court’s January 14, 2020 Order, (Doc. 5), within the specified period of time. The 11 Court further CAUTIONS Plaintiff that, if she fails to file this statement within twenty-one (21) 12 days of the date of service of this Order, the Court will recommend to the presiding district court 13 judge that this action be dismissed, in its entirety. 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 Sheila K. Oberto 16 Dated: May 11, 2020 /s/ . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27