(PS) Katumbusi v. Wasatch Property Management

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. Case No. 2:22-cv-0250-DAD-JDP (PS)

FATIMA ANN KATUMBUSI,

12 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. 14

WASATCH PROPERTY

15 MANAGEMENT, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 On February 24, 2025, I screened plaintiff’s complaint and dismissed it for failure to state 19 a claim. ECF 20. I ordered plaintiff to file, within thirty days, either an amended complaint or a 20 notice of voluntary dismissal of this action. Id. To date, plaintiff has not complied with that 21 order. 22 The court has the inherent power to control its docket and may, in the exercise of that 23 power, impose sanctions where appropriate, including dismissal. Bautista v. Los Angeles Cnty., 24 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 2000); see Local Rule 110 (“Failure of counsel or of a party to 25 comply with these Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the 26 Court of any and all sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.”). A court may dismiss 27 …