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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CASSANDRA L. JOHNSON, Case No. 2:25-cv-1058-DAD-JDP (PS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 14 LOUIS DEJOY, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff commenced this action in April 2025. To date, none of the defendants have 18 appeared in this action, and plaintiff has not filed proofs of service demonstrating that defendants 19 were properly served. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(l). 20 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), “[i]f a defendant is not served within 90 days 21 after the complaint is filed, the court—on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must 22 dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a 23 specified time.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). However, “if the plaintiff shows good cause for the 24 failure, the court must extend the time for service for an appropriate period.” Id. Although a pro 25 se litigants are generally afforded more latitude than one represented by counsel, a…