Levy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD F. DUPONT, JR., et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-2591-DAD-JDP (PS) Plaintiffs, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ARIK S. LEVY, et al., Defendants. 16 The court previously issued an order setting an initial scheduling conference for November 21, 2024, and directing the parties to file status reports by no later than November 7, 2024. ECF No. 11. Defendants timely submitted a status report. Plaintiffs, however, failed to file their own status report. To manage its docket effectively, the court imposes deadlines on litigants and requires litigants to meet those 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); 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 duty to administer…