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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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11 JOSHUA SALAZAR, Case No. 2:19-cv-01336-TLN-JDP (PC)
12 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS
CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR
13 v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE
TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL RULES
14 BROWN, et al.
ECF No. 24
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RESPONSE DUE WITHIN TWENTY-ONE
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18 On October 26, 2020, defendants filed a motion to compel plaintiff to provide responses
19 to interrogatories and requests for production of documents. ECF No. 24. To date, plaintiff has
20 not filed an opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion.
21 In cases where a party is incarcerated and proceeding without counsel, a responding party
22 is required to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition not more twenty-one days after the
23 date the motion is served. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(l). Failure “to file an opposition or to file a
24 statement of no opposition may be deemed a waiver of any opposition to the granting of the
25 motion and may result in the imposition of sanctions.” Id.
26 To manage its docket effectively, the court imposes deadlines on litigants and requires
27 litigants to meet those deadlines. The court may dismiss a case for plaintiff’s failure to prosecute
28 or failure to comply with its orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Hells Canyon Pres.
1 Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2005); Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439,
2 | 1440-41 (9th Cir. 1988). Involuntary dismissal is a harsh penalty, but a district court has a duty to
3 | administer justice expeditiously and avoid needless burden for the parties. See Pagtalunan □□□
4 | Galaza, 291 F.3d 639, 642 (9th Cir. 2002); Fed. R. Civ. P. 1.
5 Plaintiff will be given a chance to explain why the court should not dismiss the case for
6 | his failure to prosecute and failure to comply with the court’s local rules. Accordingly, plaintiff is
7 | ordered to show cause within twenty-one days why this case should not be dismissed for failure
8 | to prosecute and failure to comply with the local rules. Should plaintiff wish to continue with this
9 | lawsuit, plaintiff shall, within twenty-one days, file an opposition or statement of opposition to
10 || defendant’s motion. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this
11 | action be dismissed.
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3 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: _ December 11, 2020 Q_—_—.
15 JEREMY D. PETERSON
16 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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