(PC) Hammler v. Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, Case No. 2:23-cv-2778-DAD-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE SACRAMENTO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 On October 16, 2024, I screened plaintiff’s complaint and notified him that it did not state a claim. ECF No. 7. I ordered him to file, within thirty days, either an amended complaint or a notice stating his intent to stand by his current complaint. Id. To date, plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint or otherwise responded to the court’s order. The court has the inherent power to control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, including dismissal. Bautista v. Los Angeles Cnty., 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 2000); see Local Rule 110 (“Failure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.”). A…