(PS) Gastelum v. LL Sacramento LP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FERNANDO GASTELUM, Case No. 2:21-cv-01481-DJC-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE LL SACRAMENTO LP, Defendant. 16 On July 6, 2022, defendant filed a motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 19. To date, plaintiff has not filed a response to the motion. Under the court’s local rules, a responding party is required to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to a motion no later than fourteen days after the date it was filed. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(c). To manage its docket effectively, the court requires litigants to meet certain deadlines. The court may impose sanctions, including dismissing a case, for failure to comply with its orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); E.D. Cal. L.R. 110; Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2005); Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1440-41 (9th Cir. 1988). Involuntary dismissal is a harsh penalty, but a district court has a 26 …