Collins v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ( 2020 )

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 JANIE COLLINS, Case No. 19-cv-03614-VKD 8 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE 9 v. DISMISSAL 10 SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Defendant. a 12 13 Plaintiff Janie Collins filed the present action on June 21, 2019. Dkt. No. 1. On v 14 || November 26, 2019, the Court denied Ms. Collins’s request to lift the stay of discovery. Dkt. No. 15 17. Noting that the parties failed to conduct an in-person meeting required by General Order No. a 16 56, the Court also set new General Order No. 56 dates, including a January 24, 2020 deadline for = 17 Ms. Collins to file a Notice of Need for Mediation. Jd. That deadline has passed, and Ms. Collins 18 || has not filed a Notice of Need for Mediation. 19 The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 20 || orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-33 21 (1962). Ms. Collins is directed to file a written response to this order by February 4, 2020 and to 22 || appear before the Court on February 11, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 23 South First Street, San Jose, California 95113 and show cause why this action should not be 24 || dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 || Dated: January 27, 2020 27 nigga E, hu March VIRGINIA K. DEMARCH 28 United States Magistrate Judge