Epperson v. United States ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 CHRIS EPPERSON, Case No. 1:22-cv-00855-SKO 10 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE 11 v. A RC ECTI OO MN M S EH NO DU EL DD FN OO RT DB IE S MISSAL 12 (Doc. 6) 13 UNITED STATES, et al., TWENTY-ONE DAY DEADLINE 14 Defendants. 15 _____________________________________/ 16 17 18 On July 11, 2022, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed the complaint in 19 this action. (Docs. 1, 2.) 20 On September 8, 2022, the Court issued an order finding that Plaintiff’s complaint failed to 21 state any cognizable claims and granting leave for Plaintiff to file an amended complaint, or 22 otherwise state that he stands on his complaint, within thirty days. (Doc. 6.) To date, Plaintiff has 23 not filed an amended complaint, a statement indicating he stands on his complaint, or requested an 24 extension of time in which to do so. 25 The Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 26 corresponding with Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, provide, “[f]ailure of counsel 27 or of a party to comply with . . . any order of the Court may be grounds for the imposition by the 28 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 based on a party’s failure 4 to prosecute an action or failure to obey a court order, or failure to comply with local rules. See, 5 e.g., Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (dismissal for failure to comply 6 with an order requiring amendment of complaint); Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 7 (9th Cir. 1987) (dismissal for failure to comply with a court order); Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 8 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (dismissal for failure to prosecute and to comply with local rules). 9 Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause, within twenty-one (21) days of the 10 date of service of this Order, why a recommendation should not issue for this action to be 11 dismissed for Plaintiff’s failure comply with the Court’s order and for failure to prosecute his 12 case. Alternatively, within that same time period, Plaintiff may file an amended complaint, a 13 statement indicating he stands on his original complaint, or a notice of voluntary dismissal. The 14 Court further CAUTIONS Plaintiff that, if he fails to take action within twenty-one (21) days of the 15 date of service of this order, the Court will recommend to a presiding district court judge that this 16 action be dismissed, in its entirety. 17 The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a copy of this Order to Plaintiff at his address listed 18 on the docket for this matter. 19 IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 Dated: October 17, 2022 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 22 23 24 25 26 27 28