Adams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RANDY PERKINS, No. 2:16-cv-01791-JAM-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND A. ADAMS, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this federal civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 26, 2019, the court directed plaintiff to file a pretrial statement on or before December 11, 2019. ECF No. 58. Plaintiff was warned that failure to file a pretrial statement could result in the imposition of sanctions, including dismissal of this action. Id. at 4. The deadline has now passed and plaintiff has yet to file his pretrial statement. “District courts have the inherent power to control their dockets. In the exercise of that power they may impose sanctions including, where appropriate, default or dismissal.” Thompson v. Housing Auth., 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986) (citing Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S.…