Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KAYSHON LAMONT MOODY, Case No. 2:22-cv-1342-DC-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE D. GONZALEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 The court previously issued an order setting a status conference for October 2, 2025, and directing the parties to file status reports by no later than September 18, 2025. ECF No. 54. Defendants timely submitted a status report. ECF No. 55. Plaintiff, however, failed to file his 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 justice…