Bonuelos v. Hanford Elementary School District ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 ROBERT BANUELOS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01764-NONE-SKO Plaintiff, 10 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED 11 HANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR PLAINTIFFS’ FAILURE TO DISTRICT, et al., COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S ORDER 12 Defendants. (Docs. 5, 8) 13 TWENTY-ONE (21) DAY DEADLINE 14 15 On December 19, 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 23, 17 2019. (Docs. 2, 3.) 18 On March 30, 2020, the Court issued an order finding that Plaintiff’s complaint failed to 19 state any cognizable claims and granting leave until April 27, 2020, for Plaintiff to file an amended 20 complaint. (Doc. 5.) Plaintiff filed a request for an extension of time to file his amended complaint, 21 and the Court granted the request and allowed Plaintiff until May 25, 2020 to file his amended 22 complaint. (Docs. 7, 8.) To date, Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint or requested an 23 additional extension of time in which to do so. 24 The Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 25 corresponding with Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, provide, “[f]ailure of counsel 26 or 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.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 110. 1 “District courts have inherent power to control their dockets,” and in exercising that power, a court 2 may impose sanctions, including dismissal of an action. Thompson v. Housing Authority of Los 3 Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may dismiss an action with prejudice, based 4 on a party’s failure to prosecute an action or failure to obey a court order, or failure to comply with 5 local rules. See, e.g. Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (dismissal for 6 failure to comply with an order requiring amendment of complaint); Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 7 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987) (dismissal for failure to comply with a court order); Henderson 8 v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (dismissal for failure to prosecute and to comply 9 with local rules). 10 Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause, within twenty-one (21) days of the 11 date of service of this Order, why this action should not be dismissed for failure to comply 12 with the Court’s Order within the specified period of time. The Court further CAUTIONS 13 Plaintiff that, if he fails to file this statement within twenty-one (21) days of the date of service of 14 this Order, the Court will recommend to the presiding district court judge that this action be 15 dismissed, in its entirety. 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 Sheila K. Oberto 18 Dated: July 1, 2020 /s/ . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27